Several years ago I blogged about an artist in my 'hood who was helping the cause of peace for free. It was my first Blog Blast for Peace. I’m rerunning it below for a very sad and devastating reason. Mr. de Las Mercedes, a neighbor of mine, saw his home and studio burn to the ground on Tuesday. He lost everything, including all his art. It just so happened that TW had her camera with her to take pictures of the Park Cats. Instead, she wound up taking very disturbing photos of the burnt-out ruin that was the house of our friend, who we’d never met in person. The house is slated for demolition.
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Photos by TW. She was shooting into the sun. For spectacular pics see nj.com. |
On his Facebook page, Mr. da Las Mercedes mentions that he’s started a
PayPal page for donations to rebuild his and his wife’s lives. Obviously, he’s not taking any orders right now for the Priority Boxes or have any arts available since he doesn’t have a studio.