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Le Street Performance

12/1/2013

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So today being December 1st and World AIDS Day i thought i would get out on the street and spread my message of hope. With my face covered in bandaids and my trusty documentary photographer in tow (thanks Jim!)  i went out to meet the french public.
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This is one of the few people who actually approached me, really only to yell something at me about the war. But he did return a few minutes later to give me a coin. I tried to give him a bandaid but he said he already had lots at home.
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Even these security guys barely glanced my way, hey its just another guy with no face, no big deal.
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So i thought i'd try a more visible location, right in front of the Pompidou. Maybe i'd get lucky and like in Vancouver someone would come and throw me off the property.
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Here's my inspirational signage.
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Sadly, i wasn't doing much business here either. My message of hope seems to be falling on deaf ears.
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Poor bandaid man!
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3 Comments
Dean
12/1/2013 03:54:54 am

Great performance! Too bad you did not get more reaction.

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Andrew McPhail link
12/1/2013 06:21:26 am

oddly enough Dean, the two people who approached me and tried to speak to me or give me money were both older men who appeared to be homeless. most people tried to look away or avoid me. a few tourists stop to take photos.

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Fleur-Ange Lamothe
12/1/2013 05:07:05 am

To heal, heal the world, is that what you meant?

Maybe you should have gone to a children's park or secondary school or a university and hospital as you did in Cienfuegos, Cuba.



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