On the Brink Dishoused people with mental illness
‘She can be likened to a deer in the headlights. Seemingly normal, to the detached eye she’s just another emaciated woman walking absent minded across the road, clutching her belongings tight. Beyond this silhouette, however, is an individual surviving in an alternate reality, with a sense of impending doom, largely oblivious to the present, and it to her. A speeding vehicle hits her and rambles on, leaving her injured in the corner, too weak to scream. Limping her way across to a somewhat safe location, she lies in wait with a fractured foot for days, maybe weeks. Blinding dark and flashing lights blur her vision of the hand that finally reaches out to her.’