During an impromptu interview at a petrol station in Austin, USA, a homeless man known only as Obediah has given a touching and remarkably eloquent interview about the lessons he’s learned from life: from being in prison to the selfishness of the modern world.
He now makes money playing his guitar, which is how the film-maker came across him at the petrol station.
Revealing his struggle to find work after spending time in prison for a drugs offence, he explains he’d rather make music than chase good money: “I’d rather do what I love with a passion and make a little money than go back to contracting and try to make a lot of money.”
Explaining his decision to opt out of society, he says: “I meet a lot of good people, but for the most part people just care about themselves. You could be standing on the corner bleeding and people would just drive by you. They wouldn’t want no part of the drama.”
At one point he tells a story of how on Christmas Day he decided to write a Facebook status inviting all of his Facebook friends to contact him for a chat and a catch-up.
He explains that some of the people he was “friends” with online he hadn’t spoken to in over 20 years, and hoped to get to know them all again.
He reveals how he posted it over and over again throughout the day, yet not one friend got in touch.
His companion asks “but what does that mean?”
He replies: “The internet has become an idol. People don’t want relationships.”
He explains how people prefer to cultivate their online personas rather than build meaningful relationships with people around them.
His story is both tragic and touching — and may have some truth for everyone.
Homeless man"s profound speech questions the meaning of modern life
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