Slingerdoo

Early this morning five friends from flickr met at a local Starbuck for a graffiti stroll around a nearby highway overpass. Our goal was to capture some of the fabulous designs and catch some of the tags around the area. Many of those pictures can be found here.

Although the graffiti walk lasted most of the morning, what captured our attention the most was a pile of bags that looked like they had been snatched, rummaged through and discarded. As we walked by, it was obvious that most of the stuff was still inside one of the bags. Immediately apparent in an open pocket were syringes, a spoon and lighter. Using sticks, we tipped the bag until it's contents fell out. Inside were all the belongs of what appeared to be those belonging to your average teenage girl: stereo head phones, a journal with phone numbers of friends, a book and a few hygiene products. In addition we found the empty herione bag, cooking spoon lighter and needles, as well as unused condoms, energy bars and hand sanitizer. Some of the contents can be seen here and here.

This find was the most disturbing because of the conflicting ideas of a young school girl violently colliding with the harsh realities of drugs. While we poked at the bag and took pictures of our find, we discussed several scenerios ranging from innocent school girl's bag is stolen, to horrifying thoughts of such a young girl strung out on drugs. Although there were "middle ground" stories, the two extremes kept running through my mind.