Homo Viator

As you can see on the left sidebar, I have added a new category, called My New York. In the coming days and weeks I will post some very amateur videos of this vibrant city. I once described India as a place that attacks all your senses. New York is very similar in this aspect, although I would not use the word attack here. New York spoils your senses. The overflow of input that one is exposed to at every corner of this city almost leads to an over stimulation of one's brain. To some this may be a rather stressful, unpleasant experience (like my grandma I guess). To others, like me, it is purely addictive. I have been coming here for 27 years, every year, for long periods of time, but every time I step onto the streets of New York, I stand in awe of this city. It is modern day's cradle of human kind, a knot that seems to connect the whole world. Any given day you can hear more than 20 languages. You just need to go into the subway for that. At a dinner last week, we were 11 people, of 8 different nationalities. An old ad put it right: If you stand on Times Square long enough, you are likely to meet every person in the world.

The video below offers only a poor representation of the claims I just made. It only shows you a very small slice of the Big Apple: Union Square on a normal, quiet Thursday night.