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Over the years, I turned to studying social science researching and defending my dissertation on public health and the conditions of premature death for marginalized populations. 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They are scattered along the edge of the sidewalk opposite the school. I imagined the chair, intact seat, used by a grandparent who lived nearby and sat each morning and afternoon to greet their grandchild entering and leaving school. 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They are scattered along the edge of the sidewalk opposite the school. I imagined the chair, intact seat, used by a grandparent who lived nearby and sat each morning and afternoon to greet their grandchild entering and leaving school. I weave it into the prayer flag for it to carry the memories of healthier times back to the grandparent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e1f8717f8c1370e12ab75/1590418285498-YHYUIQR4V5JR6WJV6M2J/IMG_1379.JPEG Textile Narratives - Found Objects & Prayer Flags Woodrow Wilson School is adjacent to an active industrial site and I walk between the two and find a tiny toy boot, a large flower hair clip, a torn math worksheet not yet filled in and more broken pencils. There is a small red glove lying under the swings and plastic heart with a kitty engraved on it. Objects once holding a child’s hair away from their face or warming small hands or looked at in frustration as many of us do to math worksheets. These pieces had intentions of being worn, written on or played with and their final home need not be against the fence of an industrial site or waiting underneath a swing for the owner to reclaim it. 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