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VAN - Graffiti Van When other men see my pictures, I'm hoping and praying that it makes them excited as it has me, to belong to an optimistic group. When other men see my pictures, I'm hoping and praying that it makes them excited as it has me, to belong to an optimistic group. When other men see my pictures, I'm hoping and praying that it makes them excited as it has me, to belong to an optimistic group. https://www.shifting-focus.com/robert1 daily 0.75 2020-10-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9213b16d89230059d43585/1603485512010/IMG_0007.jpg robert1 Not Everybody’s Tune https://www.shifting-focus.com/robert-page daily 0.75 2020-12-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fbe75933c02f22b9de08a15/1606337843389/201_0172.jpg Robert Page I call this “Unfinished Work.” Even if you only got some of it done, you’ve still accomplished something. My dad always said if you’re going to fall, fall flat on your face because at least you’re moving forward. Nothing is going to go 100% the way you want it to, but you’re at least heading in the right direction. Learn to appreciate the small things. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9873ca46c8ba11ffb2f511/1606317423046/IMG_0103.jpg Robert Page This photo represents resilience to me. My friend comes over now and then and advises me. She points me in the direction of a decision that will do the least harm to myself but leaves it up to me to make the decision. To me, she shows resilience because she adapts well. She earned those lines on her face, they’re lines of wisdom. You learn from your experience and you can pass it on to someone else. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9873abc9e2183f1ddea713/1606317392637/IMG_0056.jpg Robert Page It's not about where I have been, it's about where I want to be. Volunteering makes me feel like I'm doing something positive. Basically, my dad never saw a damn thing that was good in me and I had so much pent up rage and hate. But he never really knew me. There’s a whole different person under there. Volunteering is a chance for my mom to see a side of me she’s never seen before. This picture shows that no matter what you go through, you can always rebuild. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f987361afe6b4792a066444/1606317366925/IMG_0052.jpg Robert Page This photo was intended to look like prison. Every time I walk by, I say, "You're only one step from being behind the wire again.” I could be on this side or that side. I think about going back in all the time. If I do something stupid, I'm going back. I mean, that's just standard. I used to blame everyone about why I went to the pen, but now I take the responsibility for it. I spend a lot of time saying, "Okay, is this worth the time? Is it worth the trip?" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f98740792b51472c151a4f1/1606337834117/IMG_0038.jpg Robert Page This is a bulletin board for missing and murdered Indigenous women. I thought it was something that should be shown, because in this area of the country, in this part of the city it's a big issue all the time. We have got to keep in touch with what's happening because people are going missing constantly. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9873ba818c7f660944f085/1605197884129/IMG_0007.jpg Robert Page This is the docks where they're building ships to haul out the oil, and they have a refinery there. Now the lighting looks like musical notes so I titled it "Not Everybody's Tune." It sings songs of profit for the oil industry and the shipping industry. It also sings songs of sorrow, for the nations that it knocks out of the way and the wildlife it takes out of the green space and kills off. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9873db6434141af662d63f/1607370931532/IMG_0063.jpg Robert Page I call this "Affections." She is just a lovely dog. You can tell the dog is loving it, she's eating it up. That picture is one of my favorites because, through all the crap, there's real warmth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f987711c5d3e32f089db7d8/1603827482385/IMG_0052.jpg Robert Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9877b55fe06402db0f0c4a/1604434127551/IMG_0056.jpg Robert Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f987802095b317714eb90ed/1603827718825/IMG_0103.jpg Robert Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fbe7a2ce18c5c478ecf9648/1606318639965/IMG_0063.jpg Robert Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fbe7a13f3de5e49b5382b10/1606318613800/IMG_0007.jpg Robert Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fbe76c8cb3e0f577122014c/1606317775633/201_0172.jpg Robert Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f997e9d654dc8674cd4d4d1/1603827956094/IMG_0038.jpg Robert Page https://www.shifting-focus.com/the-photos daily 0.75 2020-11-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fa04f2f9fe0263cfe95121d/1604341568709/IMG_0052.jpg The Photos - Robert https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fa0501c41562d2fbd727cb1/1604341792749/205_0137.jpg The Photos - Giuseppe https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fa04f9a8f8f59390ae9c8a2/1604341661204/204_0122.jpg The Photos - Jason https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fa04fc0f935bc122f6c2df1/1604341700466/200_0029.jpg The Photos - Rickie https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fa04fd120c4d0404dd22037/1604341716203/199_0055.jpg The Photos - Richard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5fa04f62acd35620b8e98c2b/1604341605094/203_0051.jpg The Photos - Patrick https://www.shifting-focus.com/patrick-page daily 0.75 2020-12-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f98981ceae44a452ae7f2a1/1607199467585/203_0158.jpg Patrick Page Every time I pass by the Rogers Refinery, it always reminds me of all the old penitentiaries, La Vieux Penn, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. They're just very dungeon-y. I always liked those places, because you knew where you stood. You were on one side, the guards were on the other and you didn't mix. In minimum security, guards try to be your friend and try to get you to open up. Everyone wore outside clothes so I couldn’t tell who was a guard or who was an inmate. It put me off balance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f989b9d455844100492cbe7/1605194281960/22+%2B+68.jpg Patrick Page I like collections. I like little things. I guess I got that from my mum, my mum always liked little trinkets. Some of these coffee makers don't work and some of them would probably work if you spent a little time on them. Like myself, they've been through a bit. A couple had a rough life. I relate to them. When I wonder why I went down the path I did, a lot of it was a search for being together. Maybe that’s why I like collections. The sense of community, to be needed, to be wanted, to be thought of as useful. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f989796f8d2f740b72a84a2/1605194747470/203_0051.jpg Patrick Page This dress was just blowing in the wind. It just looked so free in one way but also terrifying in another, almost like somebody was jumping out the window. What would make somebody go down the path of suicide? I do a one-man play that is 75 minutes long. I wanted to have a continuous scroll with the names of all who had died in prison. Too many names, 75 minutes wasn’t enough time. It’s a lot of people, and a lot of those deaths were preventable. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9897c2fc086a1d8482579b/1607199382832/203_0067.jpg Patrick Page These are all of my penitentiary files I got when I was starting to think about my life inside. I was trying to find out what brought me there. I thought the files would tell me why I went down that path and nobody else in my family did. In a way this is my selfie, but it isn't. It's a false photograph. The files say my name all over them, but I couldn't really find myself in them, you know? The stories that happened to me inside, all my memories, have nothing to do with these files. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9897f90f6f350f5b509c00/1605195194170/203_0019.jpg Patrick Page The resilience of this tree, it’s been through so much but it’s still there. You can just see the age on it, like an old face. When you see somebody who has ruggedness to their cheeks or scars, you can tell they lived a life. How many wind storms has this tree been through and how close it came to being knocked down. They even put up a sign to not climb on it, it deserves respect. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f98986efc086a1d848276ce/1605194263628/203_0007.jpg Patrick Page This is life in the city, right? It was a rainy day and I saw the remnants of a crow. I like crows. I used to have a crow that would come to my apartment and I'd feed it every day. I don't know if this crow died naturally or if a cat or a coyote got it, but it's just the circle of life and it’s going back into the earth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9898420f6f350f5b50a33d/1605194249310/203_0042.jpg Patrick Page I wanted to encapsulate the worry, the stress, the anxiety that people have from COVID. This was just a lineup of chemicals that we used when we bought groceries, when we went out for a walk, on the bottom of our shoes, all those things that you have to do continuously and religiously. We used them multiple times a day when COVID first came out because nobody knew where it was coming from. Scary. 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These are my neighbours at Oppenheimer Park, a very sad part of life. But look at the colours even in there. There's a bright side to it. I always think maybe something good can come out of something bad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f998516a4359e53671c6d46/1605195697185/205_0004.jpg Giuseppe Page I see a broken man trying to manage. When we come out of prison, we try to make up for lost time. It's not instantaneous gratification, in my perspective, but trying to achieve just small things. I'm focusing on focusing, on leaving my shame out there and working on grief. But talk about resilience, I'm not giving up. I'm finding a purpose, I’m trying to give back. I made a mistake, I'm not a mistake. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9985b0afee4b57f48b30f2/1605195723897/205_0000.jpg Giuseppe Page It hurts the heart. The longest distance that we ever travel is between the head and the heart. It hits home. I was the guy who drove the Mercedes 500, who had a fleet of 30 vehicles. And now, I ride the bus because of necessity. But I could not have taken the photographs I did if I was driving in a car. Slowing life down is not so bad because I've been running in sixth gear all my life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f998549af07eb5dcd895bb1/1606337884812/205_0073.jpg Giuseppe Page That's me locked up, incarcerated. I'm not a thief. It reminded me of incarceration and of the prison, where everything had to be locked down, superfluously. I grew up in a civilization where we never had security guards in a bank. Now, you have locks on everything. That toilet paper reminded me of negativity, of something pessimistic and yet, we need toilet paper, especially in times of COVID. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9984f4a4359e53671c640e/1605195671402/205_0137.jpg Giuseppe Page The green door reminded me of solitary confinement. A place where I was told on initial incarceration I would never ever see and would be sheltered from. I was thrown into solitary confinement many, many times. The longest was 59 days and I was scheduled to die in there. This is where the post-traumatic stress disorder comes in. I witnessed six suicides and one homicide with these eyes in prison, young men that shouldn't have died. Haunts me to this day but I survived it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99855faf07eb5dcd89677b/1605195749661/205_0259.jpg Giuseppe Page This is one of those Kodak moments of life that you remember. Lucy is my neighbour’s dog. She bit me the first day we met and that hurt. Then I took out the treats and we started getting a relationship. Now, she licks me. She is just 12 inches long, but she's full of life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99857545e3a065a1183e7f/1607199576785/205_0296.jpg Giuseppe Page My father was the hockey dad of the neighbourhood and he picked the kids up. He had a 1965 baby blue Ford Galaxie 500, the biggest station wagon in the world to a 10-year-old. He took us to a Mac's Milk store where Tim Horton shook my hand and gave me his autograph. I tell that story to all the kids at Tim Hortons, they love it. I'd like to say my dad was a great guy, but he wasn't. He mistreated my mom for 44 years but she persevered. 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That was the beginning of us getting reconnected and I was just really happy to see him. I remember sitting there in early recovery in the treatment center, just dreaming of the opportunity to have days like this. So I wanted to remember that day and the time I got to spend with my son. Now, of course, we see each other all the time. That was a really fun day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9995309732c340fd135119/1605198425404/92%2B96.jpg Jason Page My daughter told me once that the two people she loved the most were ripped apart from each other because she made that call to 911. She held the shame and the guilt from that. We weren't allowed to see or talk to each other for 18 months. My son, my daughter, and myself call them the “Ministry of Children and Family Destruction.” They offer programs, but they don't direct you to what you need to do. So they were great to have as a resource, but they were a huge barrier. We overcame all of the obstacles that the Ministry of Children put into our life. I am grateful for the connection I have with my children today and I'm grateful for the process to know where I never want to be again. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9994f3a685f2661120eade/1605198400208/204_0072.jpg Jason Page This both a negative and a positive picture. I went to jail in this courthouse but I also got my children back in this courthouse. I was in a negative mindset when I was breaking the law in my active addiction days and even probably six months into my recovery. But through the program and connecting to services, I was able to look at the world through a different set of eyes. So the world didn't change, the way I looked at it did. And the more positive I am in life, the more positive life becomes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999565b7b7433c4b52667d/1606337913191/204_0122.jpg Jason Page The possibilities are endless, the sky is not the limit. Remembering where I was to where I am now, there's a big difference. I was hiding in a ditch from a police officer, talking to my son on the phone when I wasn’t supposed to. I heard the sadness in his voice because Dad's going back to jail, defeated by drugs again. The best help for any addict is talking to a peer because we're connected through pain. When you see somebody that was in hell and has pulled themselves out, you can see that it's possible to get the life that you deserve. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9994dde31e852dd5eb0d5e/1607199616622/204_0063.jpg Jason Page "Do not enter." Basically telling me that I'm not allowed to do something. My children and I were laughing about how we were breaking the rules. Living and fixing, right? We see the "living" too, because we're actually living now. Because I’m an addict, I take that drive that I was using to get drugs and I now use it to better myself. It’s a transferable skill. Everybody has it within them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999512b3df86542e844636/1607370863942/204_0101.jpg Jason Page I love Maple Ridge Community Corrections and all the people in it. I managed to not only get through the shit hole of corrections, I turned it into a huge resource to rebuilding my life. My probation officer is a huge part of my recovery and my support system. She connected me to the John Howard Society, and of course that changed my life. I am very grateful to be on the other side of the fence as a peer support worker. I set precedents, going from being a client to now a colleague with corrections. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9995958d70ef05fb4c23c9/1606318913192/204_0118.jpg Jason Page This picture is a lot of happiness and not just because it's a beautiful car and I'm a car guy, but my daughter is there and she really loves old vehicles. Both my son and my daughter love old vehicles so that always creates great conversation. Of course, it's at Starbucks. We go there every week. But I'm not a big Starbucks fan because it costs a lot of money! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99976526cfeb07e10f8e5f/1603901288052/204_0063.jpg Jason Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9997765b714966e3ac5760/1603901309620/204_0101.jpg Jason Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99978f6dbd107a6121f215/1603901329598/204_0072.jpg Jason Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9997a6d856080f5f26f18c/1603901353111/204_0122.jpg Jason Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999842167a3e3ec5db931a/1603901508897/92%2B96.jpg Jason Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99987c4aa0fe7493a728a4/1603901568066/204_0118.jpg Jason Page https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f9998624aa0fe7493a723bb/1603901556371/204_0021.jpg Jason Page https://www.shifting-focus.com/rickie-page daily 0.75 2020-12-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999b204e8d0226ecf230f2/1605198896788/200_0009.jpg Rickie Page The Sisters [Franciscan Sisters of Atonement] serves breakfast on the first Saturday of the month. I used to go there and see people in the line that I hadn’t seen in a long time and talk to them. I’m a very solitary person but lately I’ve been going out more to connect with the community. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999a4cd969167097c49068/1605198866403/200_0012.jpg Rickie Page This is Tent City. And that's sad because why the hell are people living out in the streets? The government is saying they're doing something but they're not. The government doesn't help you out to the point where you can adapt yourself. All they want to do is keep you on the poverty line so that you'll never get over the poverty line, so you can't build yourself up. And when they do try to help, whatever help that they want to give you, you have to jump through hoops to get it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999a7bb3df86542e856037/1607199705440/200_0029.jpg Rickie Page I remember this sign from when I was a kid. When we first moved to Vancouver, my mom used to take me and my kid sister down to Woodwards and shop. You know, $1.49 cheesesteak Tuesdays. The fact is, I don't know much about my family history. All I remember is where I grew up. I just know where I was born and stuff like that. The only thing I remember is the happy times and my family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999bd59732c340fd14c6ef/1607199668085/200_0025.jpg Rickie Page This is me at Community Connect and I just wanted somebody to see a picture of me doing it. Just a remembrance, I guess you'd call it. My younger sister and I were always close, everybody thought we were twins. When she died two years ago, it impacted me hard. That’s why I decided to go volunteer for harm reduction and outreach work. I don't know if I'm reaching people or not, but it’s making me feel better doing it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f999ba87d7bed644ff02cb7/1605198932668/18%2B22.jpg Rickie Page This is Community Connect, a fair that DUDES Club helped with. Women came in, they got fed, and they could get a haircut and stuff like that, just to make them feel good. And I thought that was great. The DUDES Club information isn’t restricted to men. We want women to know that their men can come to us and get help. I enjoyed taking those photos. 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But ever since I cleaned up 11 or 12 years ago, I've lived in this neighbourhood. Zawa, the restaurant, is a sense of community for me. I've gotten to know the owner. I know all the waitresses. So, it feels comfortable and warm. Everybody should have that kind of place, where you feel safe and wanted, and missed if you don't show up. It's nice to be liked and welcomed where ever you go. It shows that you're living a good life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99a1504aa0fe7493a94948/1606319134053/199_0055.jpg Richard Page I was at my worst in this building but it was also the beginning of my recovery journey. I still remember the day I walked out that front door, literally turning in circles. Wanting to get high again but I didn't want to go hustle the money. I never kept my place clean. I never kept myself clean. I was in terrible state. And I finally made that decision, "You got to stop this or you're going to kill yourself.” I didn't want to be remembered for that. I want to be remembered for the work I’m doing now. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99a1c5b7b7433c4b552003/1605199672092/199_0103.jpg Richard Page This is what scares the shit out of me. Cancer. It's something I have no control over. I've been a smoker all my life and I'm still healthy. But every time I pick up a cigarette I think, "Is this going to be the last one?" Before you know it, you got nodules on your lungs and you get full blown cancer. That's the craziest shit ever. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99a189e8bd975c24442c9c/1605199659967/199_0042.jpg Richard Page That big smiling chicken brings a smile to everybody's face. Humor is everything. Being an outreach worker is all about making your client feel good. When I see a client in a bad mood, I try to make him laugh. Because I've learned, even when you're having a shitty day, if somebody can make you laugh, you forget about all the tough times you're having. A nice, big belly laugh, you know? https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99a1a29732c340fd160134/1607199827339/199_0075.jpg Richard Page DUDES Club has brought me a lot of purpose and a lot of pride. Sometimes walking down the street, I feel like I'm a ghost. A lot of men in the Downtown Eastside feel that their voices aren't being heard. DUDES Club supports men so they can be noticed in life and know that their voice is important and means something. Look at all these guys, they all got white beards, they’ve lived their lives and they're resilient. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f91d97742466612ab59a2c2/t/5f99a16d4e8d0226ecf39da5/1607199886998/199_0110.jpg Richard Page For the last two or three years I was using, I didn't even look in the mirror because I didn't like what was looking back. 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