I don't remember exactly. As I remember, that picture taked on street connecting from Union square to East villeage where we stayed. On the way to go to the inn (where we choose to stay), I found the other side of gorgeous N.Y. I mean I saw some young homelesses who were laid down at the street in front of a store(I don't remember it was closed), and heating their freezing body(It was freezing early February), and they looked happy.
As soon as I recognized them, something was came to my mind. That is a music video for a smashing pumpkin's song 'try,try,try'. In that video, they treat a junky homeless couple. I don't know exact meaning of the song and the video, and I'm not a that deligent person to find out that meanings, so I just thought ,after that video, some people can feel happy by their personal meanings; drugs, their dirty freedom, or their pure eros love. And maybe they don't feel happy actually. Maybe they intend they are happy. Maybe they deceive they are happy. I don't know. Whatever.
It was a little shocking because I saw real American young homelesses through my eyes, and I thought they just exist in the movie things before. There were about 4-5 people I remember, and they crouched together thchnically for warming their bodys. I don't know they were addict for drugs. Maybe they are just normal country youngsters who failed to adopt for New York life, because N.Y prices' too high.
The interesting thing was NOBODY did'nt care of them. Even the store's owner(or clerk) did either. Maybe it's quite natural view in N.Y. or America. Maybe many people in the street at that time was too busy, so they couldn't have care, and the store's owner(or clerk) is a very generous person so he(or she) can understand the homelesses.
I don't know why, but they exist.
