Hobo Inspired

(re-post)

Being of an age to remember talk of, if not the actuality of, hobos (freight cars were a reality which I did investigate when they were 'parked' in the railway yard in my small hometown and were said to be how hobos traveled; I lived in hope of seeing one but never did) -  and having the image come to mind of hobo luggage - belongings gathered into a cloth and hanging from a stick over his shoulder (her shoulder? were there female hobos?) - and having recently needed a walking stick to assist in the healing of a sore foot -  and being enchanted with the whole idea of furoshki which is the Japanese practice of wrapping an item in a square of cloth for ease in carrying....dah dah......this is what I came up with.

It looks much snazzier when seen over the shoulder of a real person but the mailman declined my request to be a model so I had to resort to Maisie who is patient but only has one pose.

Posted on August 04, 2008 at 04:11 AM | Permalink

Being of an age to remember talk of, if not the actuality of, hobos (freight cars were a reality which I did investigate when they were 'parked' in the railway yard in my small hometown and were said to be how hobos traveled; I lived in hope of seeing one but never did) -  and having the image come to mind of hobo luggage - belongings gathered into a cloth and hanging from a stick over his shoulder (her shoulder? were there female hobos?) - and having recently needed a walking stick to assist in the healing of a sore foot -  and being enchanted with the whole idea of furoshki which is the Japanese practice of wrapping an item in a square of cloth for ease in carrying....dah dah......this is what I came up with.

It looks much snazzier when seen over the shoulder of a real person but the mailman declined my request to be a model so I had to resort to Maisie who is patient but only has one pose.