The violence all around him has at times been crushing and, last December, forced him to close the gallery for two months.
The facility became the nation's first control unit when violence forced a long-term lockdown in 1983.
Whatever was really going on, the violence finally forced the central government to pay attention.
The violence forced the campaign to be conducted largely on television and radio this month.
They worry that the violence is forcing people to move away or deterring them from moving to the borough.
But in 1992, increasing domestic violence forced Colombia to triple its hide imports over 1991 levels.
Already the recent violence has forced thousands of civilians to flee their villages.
The violence with which he struck forced the air from his great lungs in an audible groan.
During the past three months, the violence in Mogadishu has forced more than fifty thousand people to flee.
We also have a challenge in Libya, where the increased violence is creating a very insecure situation and forcing many people to flee.