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To all the Veterans out there…
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» Vocation and the “Mosaic Man”
Jim is a homeless person whose vocation has been to document the history of his neighborhood through his mosaics. I found this five-minute documentary moving because it reminds me that vocation isn’t just about a job, much less how much a job pays or how influential it is. Rather, vocation, to borrow from Frederick Buechner (who in turn borrows from Aristotle) is where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.
Jim has found a place where his joy meets the need of his neighbor and community. It’s not an easy vocation – enduring the hardship of the streets and the resistance of some city officials to his art. But the resilience he demonstrates in re-creating the mosaics that had been destroyed and the joy he shares with his community is both inspiring and instructive.
Read more of this really great piece on Jim and his recent Etsy profile by David Lose at …In The Meantime
Thank you, David.
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Check out The Official Mosaic Man Collection on Etsy and CafePress for belt buckles, t-shirts and a variety of other items featuring Jim’s designs. Proceeds go toward supporting Jim’s work on The Mosaic Trail.
Or you can make a fully tax-deductible donation here.
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![One of [if not the] earliest write-ups on Jim by the local NYC press.
Click the image above to read “This Viet vet is as steady as a rock” from The NY Daily News, originally printed Monday, October 21, 1985.
Jim, clever as always:
While Donald Trump is doing the skyline, I’m doing the streets.”
And notice, no mention of his nom de guerre, ‘Mosaic Man.’ That would come later…
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Like Jim on Facebook or Follow him on Twitter @MosaicManNYC
Check out The Official Mosaic Man Collection on Etsy and CafePress for belt buckles, t-shirts and a variety of other items featuring Jim’s designs. Proceeds go toward supporting Jim’s work on The Mosaic Trail.
Or you can make a fully tax-deductible donation here.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uixq0EEM1qlkuzwo1_500.jpg "One of [if not the] earliest write-ups on Jim by the local NYC press.
Click the image above to read “This Viet vet is as steady as a rock” from The NY Daily News, originally printed Monday, October 21, 1985.
Jim, clever as always:
While Donald Trump is doing the skyline, I’m doing the streets.”
And notice, no mention of his nom de guerre, ‘Mosaic Man.’ That would come later…
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Like Jim on Facebook or Follow him on Twitter @MosaicManNYC
Check out The Official Mosaic Man Collection on Etsy and CafePress for belt buckles, t-shirts and a variety of other items featuring Jim’s designs. Proceeds go toward supporting Jim’s work on The Mosaic Trail.
Or you can make a fully tax-deductible donation here.")
One of [if not the] earliest write-ups on Jim by the local NYC press.
Click the image above to read “This Viet vet is as steady as a rock” from The NY Daily News, originally printed Monday, October 21, 1985.
Jim, clever as always:
While Donald Trump is doing the skyline, I’m doing the streets.”
And notice, no mention of his nom de guerre, ‘Mosaic Man.’ That would come later…
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Like Jim on Facebook or Follow him on Twitter @MosaicManNYC
Check out The Official Mosaic Man Collection on Etsy and CafePress for belt buckles, t-shirts and a variety of other items featuring Jim’s designs. Proceeds go toward supporting Jim’s work on The Mosaic Trail.
Or you can make a fully tax-deductible donation here.
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