Overlooked
Mel
Who is the subject of this glass portrait?
We don’t know. Which is the point. This person is often overlooked.
Man or woman? Manual laborer, intellectual, musician? Not sure.
How often do we overlook people right in our path? A larger question is ‘How often do we value the person right in our path?’
Would the tenor of our communities change if we consciously choose to see each person we encounter as a full human being?
Even the filthiest, most miserable person napping in the alley was once someone’s little newborn with fresh skin and a taste for love. Is this newborn how God sees us still? Full of possibilities and growth?
Can we learn to see in this way? Must we, should we, can we see as God sees?
Today I discovered a blog written for and about the quiet person. The one who is alternately teased and overlooked. The one who might have the brightest idea in the group, if anyone stops to listen and hear. Susan Cain writes Quiet: the Power of Introverts.
More portraits of the overlooked ones:
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There are so many people on the planet, and I dare say many if not most of them are overlooked, or, at least feel overlooked. It is an interesting topic of feminism vs introverts. Treating others as one would want to be treated and the traits of kindness and humility seem to me to apply here. Behavior can often speak louder than words.
Cynthia, you are so right- hardly any of us make it into the news. And, at a party, there are those everyone KNOWS were there, and others almost no one remembers. I do think that there are people that are systematically discounted- you know, we all just wordlessly agree to look the other way when we see the misfit at the bus stop. Kindness and humility are in short supply, aren’t they? Do you think that humility and kindness are contagious, though?
Beautiful, haunting portrait series with great commentary, Lynn. Made me squirm, as they should. Thanks!
Not sure how I became “Anonymous” above, but maybe that’s how your subjects feel. Thanks again! Susan White
Hey, there, Susan. I was wondering who ‘anon’ was. Very appropriate for the theme! Thanks.
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