Three on a bench
I have observed a couple of unrelated incidents today and yet I felt they were tied together under a banner of “acceptance”.
Firstly, in the morning, a homeless woman on the train sat on a three seater bench. She took the first seat thus block remaining two seats. Despite the carriage being full and many people had to stand no one dared or wanted to seat next her. She looked rough but otherwise seemed clean. Finally, a young man excused himself pass her and sat next to the window. She certainly did not like it and made sure he, and other people on the train knew about it. Admirably, he kept his cool. To my surprise, the woman preferred to stand up as she was not prepared to share the seat with anyone. I thought, she should have been glad he accepted for who she was and did not make any fuss about it. Obviously such acceptance meant nothing to her.
Few hours later a similar situation. A homeless man on a three seater bench was half laying across it watching a game of chess. Two Japanese ladies sat next to him. They have exchanged looks and all of them kept watching the game. Acceptance in this case was probably irrelevant as the interest in something in common was of higher importance.
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May 27th, 2008
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Three Wise Men
Here I am back at the chess in the park scene. The place attracts so many interesting people I can hardly stay away from them. Here are some of the regular spectator / advisers, I have called them the three wise man as they knew what every one should do next.
The place attracts quite a lot of photographers who seem to like the atmosphere and the people there. The game is so absorbing no one pays attention to the photographers, which is great.
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May 23rd, 2008
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Chess - Your Move
After observing a game of chess played recently in the Hyde Park I had to visit there again. The game is played and watched by so many colourful characters that it may become a nice subject matter for my photography for days to come.
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May 14th, 2008
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Chess in the park
Hyde Park is often, during nice whether a scene of intense chess games. In addition to large scale chess field there are often smaller games played near by. The games are quite fast often played by very colourful people with lots of charisma and humour.
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May 13th, 2008
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