A blog gives meaning
People find it hard to believe that in this day and age this happens despite all the services the state and private individuals provide..A homeless woman in London has been living in a car since last summer. But by writing a blog she has put herself in touch with an international audience.
It's a tale of our time - about being cut off from everything around you but still connected to people thousands of miles away.
A woman becomes homeless, so she gets into her car and drives. Except she has nowhere to go - so she stays in the car, with all her possessions heaped in the back, sleeping in the front seats, parking in secluded streets...
...but this is the information age. And even though she doesn't speak to anyone, she can go into a library where she can access the internet and write an online journal - a homelessness blog - which she uses to describe all her unspoken experiences and feelings...
...So even though she has no one to talk to in London, using the identity of Wandering Scribe, she's exchanging e-mails with people in the United States - and the New York Times interviews her for its own story on homeless people living in cars. There's even talk of a documentary about her.
This is part of the price we pay for the loss of the small local units. Yes everyone knew everyone's business, but was that a bad thing?
hat tip BBC
posted by Hurler @ 8:18 pm
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