I bicycled past this guy yesterday while I was out on my normal morning ride. I’d seen him before, but this time, since it was a holiday I had plenty of time so I thought I stop and take a picture of him. He was rooting around in some scrap piles under the highway along the river. His bike helmet was the first thing that I noticed when I saw him. He had strategically attached small pieces of foil to it and made it, in my opinion, a little more flashy. His bike I saw next – he had that outfitted with ribbons and bows. But the part that tipped me off that this guy was a little unbalanced was his clothes. It was hot yesterday. I was wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt and while biking I sweated profusely. He had on a large winter coat and what looked like snow pants. Everything he had on except the helmet was filthy.  The tin foil arrows were neatly folded to look a little like Mercury’s wings

The deranged street people back home use bags or shopping carts. I haven’t seen either here in Korea. But I haven’t seen any bicycle homeless people before either – not that I know he’s homeless because I don’t. He just has that “look.”  When I asked him if I could take a picture he was more than willing. He even put on his sunglasses and struck a thoughtful pose of looking into the distance.