Thread:MichaelDiaz101/@comment-31129923-20180226054425/@comment-4059927-20180301015751

Well the funny thing about the homeless man I met. He chose that life, chose to live on the road. He previously had a life in our society and opted out under the pretense that he wasn't being who he should be. Hearing his story I was completely amazed by it. I must've been in my early twenties because I could relate to his story of feeling entrapped and longing to escape from it all.

LA was interesting when I was a kid. The 90s-2000s were full of series of events that really shaped my childhood. I was young during the LA riots but the ripple effect of such an event could be felt in Long Beach where we lived. I was 14 years of age when the twin towers came down. An event like that really pushed us into a new age. Trust me, things were way different then. It personally effected me because my dad was a Turkish Muslim and he faced a lot of backlash for events he didn't have any collaboration with.

The experiences I've had all kind of shaped me to where I am now. I've sat and thought about who I am for years, and it's good to have people and events to test us and help us find ourselves. The thing I've learned about life is that it's never a stagnant process. Things are always changing. I can't believe how different the world is now, than 5-10 years ago.