Impressions

Tonight I've been doing some soul searching... This afternoon I walked through the city alone, just me and the music that makes me vibe... I saw so many interesting things in the city I've been living ever since I was born.
I saw so many types of people, so many expressions... Riddles were written on their faces, question marks on their foreheads, the only desire of some of them was to have "a better life". What is a better life these days?
When all seems to fall apart, what keeps us "tick"?
When the salary isn't enough to keep us going for a whole month, or when we don't even have a job, when everything seems to go all the way down, slowly and painfully, dangerously... what's to be done?
I find people very interesting. I sat today in front of the National Theater on some steps, I smoked a few cigarettes, I enjoyed my cold juice I bought from an interesting boutique and I watched the people passing by me.
I discovered so many types of young ladies, trying to be the prettiest, the smartest, the "coolest" from the whole gang. I saw old people trying to get somewhere... I saw business men hurrying up to some important place....I saw so many people passing by me in only 60 minutes...

Walking through the city was the most interesting part of my experience today.... I don't quite know why, it just gave me that feeling that everyone was going one way and I was going the exact opposite way. Actually, theoretically speaking, I WAS going the other way. All the people had a destination...I had none. All the people had a plan, I didn't... It's interesting to see a person's reaction to your smile, just because you found something interesting in their eyes or on their expression. Some of them looked at me like I was crazy (I must admit they're not far away from the truth), but most of them just started to have a glow in their eyes...cause someone smiled at them without asking for anything, without them giving anything to me... That's nice, really.

I think I spoke about this "smiling campaign" before in a previous post, cause this is not the first time I experiment this on the streets of Bucharest.

Although one smile can bring another one, I noticed that a serious look thrown in an indifferent way can have strong effects... some people even smiled at my reaction :). Hm....weird...

Most of the men that admired whatever they saw in my eyes kept on admiring that thing even after i gave them a dangerous look :P

I saw something today that really impressed me. It was an old lady trying to get to the subway... she was walking really slowly, better said almost crawling on the street. She was making extremely slow gestures, it gave me the impression it was hard for her to even more her had towards her face.... It moved me because I got the feeling that she only wanted one thing: to teleport herself into her home, where she'd be safe, far away from the maddening crowd outside, on the streets.

I also noticed that beauty has no limits, especially if the admirer is a man, and the beauty as accompanied by her boyfriend. It doesn't really matter, cause beauty has no boundaries....

Have you ever tried walking on your own on the streets, just watching people passing by, living their lives?
I suggest you do that, it's quite interesting.
All you need is time, a music player, a bottle of juice or water and some cigarettes (for the smokers, of course).

Source: http://alwaysforeverme24.blogspot.com/2010/08/impressions.html