Art crosses all boundaries- raven wing writes about it

I am the least wordy of the group, but not necessarily the least opinionated. I struggled with what to write for my first post as I was torn between reflections.

Did I write about the recent wedding I went to and the unspoken affect DOMA had on the energy and attitude of people around me? Or did I write about my shock of realizing just how early body image issues start in little girls? Or did I write about open relationships and the complexity of emotion that goes on in them?

Social issues have a special place in my heart as I work with at risk kids and I far too often see the dark underbelly of society, one some in our culture would prefer stay hidden and off the radar.

I settled on art. In June I took the two girls I occasionally nanny for to see an artist at the Library.
http://www.michaelalbert.com/ 
I was able to get some extra posters as I work for at risk youth.

We recently had our foundation fixed and the Foreman got to talking to me about his son who has severe epilepsy and is often at Riley. The conversation turned to the lack of resources when you are in the economic bubble, where you make too much for services, but not enough to really survive. That bubble had enabled him to be above the lines to get appropriate care for his son.  We talked a long time over social services and how the system needs changing. He has 2 other children and is a single father as his ex-wife left and he has custody. I asked if his kids liked art and he said, yes, and proceeded to tell me about their art achievements. After the conversation, I quietly pulled out two different posters that I thought would fit the ages of his kids.  He gladly took the poster he thought his kids would like best. I gave him a little info on the artist, Michael Albert. The next time I saw the foreman, I asked if his kids had liked the poster. He laughed and told me no box in his house was safe. The kids had cut up all the cereal boxes and he had found mac-n-cheese in a Ziploc baggie as the kids confiscated it and did not care that there was still food in it. He laughed and smiled as he talked about all the art now that the kids were making.

One poster, and art is being expanded to youth in a socio-economic situation that would never have thought or maybe even had the opportunity to get to experience it.