Looking at a picture of a young girl playing hopscotch might seem like a typical situation. Thats what I love about this picture entitled "Spirit" of Bintu Amara. Bintu, though, is anything but ordinary. Different elements in the picture seem to portray pieces of her experience.
Her crutch shows that she is still leaning on others for help. The landscape shows that she is now in a better place, safe from the harm of her past. The fact that she is playing a "mean game of hopscotch" shows that she is overcoming her injuries physically and is hopping forward to what is to come positively.
This picture really shows her whole story, inside and out. Her spirit is still in tact, though her body may not be.
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