Project Life- I Am Life - Day 13

This is Maria. Maria is Life.  One of the constants in Venice is the dichotomy of a failing economy hidden against the trappings of gaudy tourism.  While shops sell overpriced clothing and bobbles to cooing tourist, there are those, such as Maria (my name for her), that sit in the shadows - silently bowed with a beggars cup. This is Maria. Life is a Bowed head.