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An artist
with a smile
By Heather Henness
Don’t think that it can’t happen to you
If you don’t, you are fools
Job loss with no recovery
Personal injury
BY COLE MERKEL
STAFF W R ITE R
Too late to recover your house
To disappear with all your expenses
All your savings ate you
eal Carr is a philosopher at heart.
He has always been philosophically
minded, he says, and the existential
question, along with Eastern religion keeps
him optimistic and hopeful, “I know,” Neal
says, “this life is just a temporary part of
our soul’s existence.”
Carr has lived in Portland for 16 years.
Having grown up in the Bay Area, Neal
moved northward because he needed a
change of environment, which he found.
“It was a good place to start over. It was
an easy place to get a leg back up on the
horse, so to speak.” Shortly after arriving
he began to study philosophy at Portland
State University.
In the time he has lived in Portland, Neal
has witnessed a large influx of individuals
and a shift in consciousness, with the city
becoming less tolerant
in the last few years
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homelessness in the
You are a fool if you think
Homelessness cannot happen to you
Loneliness and hungrinesS
Can happen to you
You are fools.
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J. Neal Cassady Carr
downtown core,
sweeping it instead
to the Eastside. The
city, too, has become less friendly than it
used to be. “I don’t know if it’s with the
economic depression or what it is, but it
seems people have become a little more
jaded in regards to how they treat people.”
He finds hope, though, in the customers
and friends who support him every day in
sales. “He’s a pretty good guy.” says a
regular customer at Carr’s location outside
theHollywood Library at Northeast 42nd
Avenue and Tillamook Street
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the people that frequent i t “Libraries draw
‘ ¡- an intelligent class of people and people
who like to read,” says Neal. “I find the
people that come to this library in
particular are really friendly and really good
people. .I get a lot of support and
encouragement from them.”
Aside from the great Customers he has
on a daily basis, Neal also enjoys the
physical location of his turf, where he is
stationed under an overhang between a
library and a coffee shop. He wants readers
to know, “I really appreciate the regulars,
and I appreciate Rain City Coffee, also.
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You know that’s one out of four
When you pass by the hungry and poor
Left alone, no end in sight
Think about you, your children
Answers to puzzles on page 15
Street roots
PHOTO BY BECKY
They’re very supportive. And the library
staff, too. Everybody is very welcoming.”
On top of his interest in philosophy, Neal
is a musician, artist and writer. Before he
became a Street Roots vendor he worked
for a few years as a street musician playing
the Irish penny whistle, guitar and
keyboard. His musical talent derives from
persistence.
“Mostly I was self-taught I took
percussion in school as a kid, but I taught
myself all the other instruments. I really put
a serious effort into studying the Irish
penny whistle.” He paints in oil and has
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Neal also enjoys checking out books from
the library, and recently he has been
reading a lot of paperbacks. His favorite
genres are horror, fantasy and the magical
arts.
“I’d like to write a book someday,” he
says. “I’m just riot exactly sure what I want,
to write about.”
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outside the Hollywood Library a t Northeast
42nd Avenue and Tillamook Street.
VENDOR WORK ADS
Tibor S.: Available for any labor work around
a house. 1-201-539-1888..
Cassidy Morse: Looking for work. Will do most
anything,, light and heavy. $10 an hour, four-
hour minimum. References supplied. Please
call 503-224-5398 or Street Roots at 503-228-
5657.
Laura Owens: Available for domestic-type
work, cleaning, dog walking, etc.'Please call
Steet Roots, 503-228-5657 and leave a
message for Laura regarding work ad.
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