[AGL] the magic Indian

[Michael Eisenstadt]

not literary license at all!

i've watched him in full paroxysm of his madness - his
MO is  to move ritually from one corner to the other
to the other to the other and then back to the first of
the intersection- usually at Congress and Sixth street,
always giving due obeance to the cardinal points of the
compass.

all the while, he is scrutinizing the traffic, sometimes
directing the driver to advance or turn as the car
seems to be about to do,

in selected cases, depending apparently on his take
on the driver, he slowly points his finger and curling
his finger upwards so as to get ahold of it, he slowly pulls the
soul out of the driver's body (i write "soul" for whatever
the Indian calls it), then turns his arm towards the
ritually correct compass direction and flings whatever he
thinks he has abstracted from the driver, flings it with
some velocity into the empyrean - this has to be seen
to be appreciated (if appreciated is the right word)

i doubt he's prepared to submit himself to interview.
his body language in the video clip is somewhat
less formulaic and more playful than usual, more like
he was dancing, neat little sidesteps. he had a routine
of shaking the prayer device in the correct direction
but he wasnt doing it while i was video-ing him. the
different demeanor may have something to do with
him wearing a t-shirt instead of his usual bared
chest

On 4/13/2014 2:24 PM, Kathy Doyle wrote:

> oh. then how did you know about his "soul snatching?" or was that whimsical literary license?

>

> On Apr 13, 2014, at 4:27 AM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

>

>> no i have never spoken to him. what would one say?

>>

>> on the other hand, i often spoke with Leslie who usually

>> went into an anti-cop rant.

>>

>> this is the first time i ever saw the Indian with a water bottle.

>> he has done his thing during the hottest days of the

>> summer usually without a shirt. the prayer device/

>> codpiece is new.

>>

>> On 4/12/2014 7:50 PM, Kathy Doyle wrote:

>>> it looked to me as if he snatched a police soul.

>>> bizarre human and interesting video. I've never seen the man myself. I take it you have engaged him in conversations?

>>> graceful in his arm and wrist movements, kind of scary in his expression and body movements.

>>> Leslie was outrageous but never scary. Indian seemed to be clean and well enough dressed.

>>> Do you know if he made his headpiece and the bag around his waist? And what on earth is that  shiny silver thaing on the top of the codpiece- looks like a thermos top or part of an old oldsmobile bumper.

>>>

>>>

>>> On Apr 12, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

>>>

>>>> http://youtu.be/CcaeCKSIjeg

>>>>

>>>> Please click on my YouTube video of the magic Indian

>>>>

>>>> you may have seen him on Congress Ave directing traffic

>>>> and snatching the soul out of the bodies of some of the folk driving by

>>>> and flinging the soul into the beyond either to the north, south,

>>>> east or west, depending on his fancy.

>>>>

>>>> this video, alas, did not capture any of his soul snatchings;

>>>> perhaps he was in a specially good mood. note the codpiece/

>>>> magic prayer device. also, alas, i didn't get him shaking the

>>>> prayer device to the N S E and W

>