A man meets his old friend in a bar. He tries to talk about the 'old, fun times' of their youth, but his
friend's mind has been a tangled web of confusion. His friend began feeling guilty about their exploits, and longed for stability, so he sought out Buddism, to let go of everything, which is not what he really wanted. He's now stuck in limbo, he has partially emptied his mind through meditation, while still retaining the guilt and confusion of some of the more intense memories, and has no idea how to resolve the problem. He tries to blame on it on 'tricks of modern times', his friend kind of sees through this and gives up. Being of a more strong willed type and less of a mediator, he exits to the street, where the quick and easy life style try to intrude, but he kind of laughs a bit and heads back to his hotel. The last image is of an abandoned part of town, a metaphor, where the silent army of shadows stands for the repressed memories of confusing experience, now covering the walls of rooms where people used to live.
A man meets his old friend in a bar. He tries to talk about the 'old, fun times' of their youth, but his friend's mind has been a tangled web of confusion. His friend began feeling guilty about their exploits, and longed for stability, so he sought out Buddism, to let go of everything, which is not what he really wanted. He's now stuck in limbo, he has partially emptied his mind through meditation, while still retaining the guilt and confusion of some of the more intense memories, and has no idea how to resolve the problem. He tries to blame on it on 'tricks of modern times', his friend kind of sees through this and gives up. Being of a more strong willed type and less of a mediator, he exits to the street, where the quick and easy life style try to intrude, but he kind of laughs a bit and heads back to his hotel. The last image is of an abandoned part of town, a metaphor, where the silent army of shadows stands for the repressed memories of confusing experience, now covering the walls of rooms where people used to live.