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December 22

Denise Poloyac

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December 22
2024: Chained. Taken on 18th street west of Blue Island in Chicago.

I went to an organizing meeting in Pilsen this afternoon and then took a short walk before running some errands on the way home. It was another gray blustery day and not many people were out. In front of this antique store I found this statue chained to the door. As we prepare for 2025, I have been thinking a lot about how how we are all chained to this colonial, capitalistic, misogynistic, racist, extractive system that has no regard for people or our planet. When it comes to images, we all see something different, but when I pulled up my camera to take this photo – that is what I saw.

2020: Oh No! Taken on Home Ave between Harvard and Roosevelt in Oak Park, IL. I am guessing that the person who put this Christmas decoration of carolers next to the “Black Lives Matter” sign did so inadvertently -- but then again, maybe not.
2018: Dinner on the road. Taken at The Foundry on the town square in Elyria, Ohio.
2016: Reflections. Taken on Madison between Racine and Ashland in Chicago.
2012: Bingo Players use this door. Taken at the VFW Hall in Downtown Ottawa, IL.

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