I was affected by this woman’s despair, despair that is shared by more and more people these days trying to survive an economy that sees them as disposable if a profit can’t be made from their labor. She sits hunched over, in front of a larger than life image of a man smiling and gesturing expansively. With all she has endured, she wears a lively Santa hat; and within her contracted form is the bright expansiveness of a white cup, and a sign that says: "I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Please Help. Thank you and God bless you all."