Nashua Street Jail, Boston Ma 2005.
possession, possession with intent, trafficking, conspiracy
guilty plea

The Waters of Contradiction

This is the cell where the artist surrendered.

i didn't give up heroin, it's warm life blood trickling through my veins. No here i gave up the jail cell, the effect of heroin and in doing so sadly heroin had to go too. Finally i said to myself "no mas" and for the first time i was unwilling to pay the consequences of my addiction. Could I kick it? On a slow day i put a needle in my arm fifteen times and i was still dope sick. But yes the days would slowly turn to months and so on, it has now been over three years clean. Bless.

picture: pencils/markers drawing photoshoped for blur effect printed on arches