Movement and iconography

He told me he sings when most afraid. "Every fuckin day, yo!" I saw him walk in today and felt relieved he was ok. He had a red hoodie covering his red afro, talked for an hour on how everyone called him “ro fro” showed off his thumb size brush handed out by the state, and walked all of us through paying for a mistake. A handful of us ate lunch and he talked to some of the younger boys about corndogs and trading "shit food for good food" because you get to eat more and stay out of harm's way." He talked to the adults about how to sleep in blankets half your size and how to hold onto your pride when all that comes out of your mouth are apologies. He left a paper bookmark on my desk that has nutrition listings of major foods. I placed it in a first edition hardcover of Skinner's "beyond freedom and dignity." As he walked out, he said "you pay a price when you take for granted space to move. It's really that simple." On the back of his jacket, an intricate circle with arrows facing up and dashes, a symbol with earth/fire/water written alongside the edges.