The man in Columbus Circle

October 19, 2009 | Filed Under Black and White, General, New York Photos 

A man was dancing without music in Columbus Circle, shuffling in half circles and talking to the sky. The wind along 59th St. was cold and he wore a hood against the chill. His eyes pointed somewhere far away. “How much does it cost?” he asked. “Who wants to know?” he answered. “How long?”  he asked. “As long as it takes,” he said. He laughed and whirled in the noon day light. Some people are truly crazy, others we just can’t hear. I know a schizophrenic man who talks every day to “voices in New York.” Half the time he makes no sense but there are moments that seem profound. One day, out of the blue, he said, “The light of eternity comes from my soul.” I thought of him in Columbus Circle, looking at this man’s eyes.

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