RETIRED NON ARTIST

RETIRED NON ARTIST

A retired  non artist who moved to NYC from Timbuktu recently

seeks advice how to enjoy and what to enjoy in NYC, thhe center of culture.

He wants to eat up the culture, absorbs it every moment of his stay in the city

He is a stranger

But he loves the arts

All kinds of arts

No, he s not an artist

He won't enjoy the city if he was an artist

He would be worried about finding a job

How to pay his bills

How to find friends

Where to live

How to navigate the streets

How to navigate the traffic

How to make important contacts to get ahead

No he is not an artist

And he is very happy about it

He just wants to enjoy what the city offers.

His psychiatrist offered him an advice

(And why would he have a psychiatrist when he is not an artist?)

Its not his psychiatrist, he knows some one from Timbuktu who has lived here a long time

and is in the business of giving advice....

ADVICE:

Get up early

Have breakfast

Pack your lunch, (Cook the night before)

Packing lunch is a must

The city is very very expensive

Especially the fancy restaurants

But he does't have to go to fancy restaurants

Nevertheess, the cuture in the city is also very very expensive

So with the expensive culture such as museum fee etc and then the cafe's in the

museums, forget it.  $7 almond latte...forget it...

Thats not for some one from Timbuktu...

Even the MET is now not free except for the New Yorkers

And the poor fellow is not a New Yorker

He will never be...

Once from Timbuktu, always from Timbuktu...

But lets get back to the advice of a Timbuktu native who now lives

in NY and give advice...

That Timbuktu person has come very far, very very far....

ADVICE:

Go to the museums;  (Very expensive)

Go to the theater: (Very expensive)

Go for a drink: (Very expensive)

Go to a gallery:  Look for a free one with reception

And try to eat all the food in case there is food there

But drink all the wine: Wine is also expensive at the bar as well as in the restarants

Go eat dinner after the gallery: very expensive

Go to thhe park: very cold right now

The one from Timbuktu doesn't have the DNA for snow

Read a book:  Where to sit and read?

In the park:  Too cold right now

Go for Latte iin a cafe:  Too expensive

Walk: good idea :Freezing outside

Go to the whole food store and just sit upstairs and read:  Another good Idea

But should he just read books all day?

No, also walk is included in the advice

Only walk , too cold, and sit upstairs at whole food is free

Everything else is very expensive

How many books the man from Timbuktu can read?

As many as he wants

Reading books is also cultural

And he came here for culture

People from Timbukty like to read books

Who told you?

I assumed

Why would they come to NY otherwise?

But in NY hardly any one reads books

But he is not from NY, he is from Timbuktu

But it seems like he can only read a book  and sit in a warm place which is for free

Or go for a walk

But its snowing outside

Oh! well its winter

He should have come here in summer

Then he could go to central park and see free Shakeseare

True.

But he would have to stand in line all day

He can sit down in line and read

Read his book

Maybe he is tired of reading

No, people from Timbuktu don't get tired of reading

Only New Yorkers get tired

Get tired of reading?

No, New Yorkers don't read

They just get tired

Tired of what?

They are a bit angry

Why?

Don't know

They can afford everything unlike the guy from Timbuktu

and they are still angry...

They are

Why?

I don't know

Can they go to the theater?

Yes, if course, they have money

Can they go to the museums and pay an entrance fee?

Sure, they have miney

Can they go out to the pricey resturants?

Sure, they can.  They have money

Can they go to concerts?

Sure, they can.  They have money

Can they go to the Opera?

Sure, they can.  They have money

And the fellow from Timbuktu?

What do you think?

Why did he come here then?

For culture, darling, for culture...

Shoud he go back?

Maybe...and come back in the summer time, at least he woulld be able to see

Shakespeare in the park

Maybe...

I think he should go back

Is that your advice?

Yes, that's my advice

The guy from Timbuktu should go back

And not come back in the summer?

No, I think my advice is that One Shakespeare play is not worth the amount of money

he would have to pay going back and forth from NY to Timbuktu and from Timbuktu to NY

Poor fellow from Timbuktu...

He was really seeking culture in NYC

But its expensive.  The culture in NYC is very expansive

And the poor fellow is only from Timbuktu....

But he seeks culture

But the culture doesn't seek him

Culture seeks rich New Yorkers

Its sad, isn't it?

Yes, its sad.  Very sad

So...

So what?

What should the guy from Timbuktu do?

What do you think?

You are the adviser

He should go back

And his desire for culture?

That's not going to be fullfilled in this city

But its the most cultural city in the world

Not for the people from Timbuktu

But what about you?

You are from Timbuktu...

Are you cultural?

No, I just give advice to the people from Timbuktu and try to send them back...home.

Its good for them to go back home

People need to belong

And people from Timbuktu can only belongs to Timbuktu

New York Culture won't allow them to belong to its culture.

And they will be so lonely here like me...yes, just like me.