Hyera Vivienne Choi

New York

A nomadic man playing trumpet in Washington Square park.

When I think about New York, the first word that come into my mind is freedom. Almost everyone in the city has his or her own style and personality and group of these different people makes this city unique. I haven't seen anyone who was restrained by the surroundings yet and people were confident about who they were and what they were doing. Recently, I was walking around the the Washington Square park in the snow and heard a gypsy looking man playing his trumpet in an open empty space. He looked very happy and this taught me some kind of lesson. I was very moved by the confidence and freedom he portrayed to crowd by playing his trumpet.