conversations between Will Who Won’t and geo geller - work in progress - no special order and raw un-edited yet
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work in progress
i befriended a homeless guy named Will this past winter and we have been working together on a documentary called “Will Who Won’t” - because he won’t give up - Will Who Won’t is a homeless VET of 9 years service that i met singing for donations in Times Sq subway station during this past winter - he had been singing for 4 hours that night and had made pennies - he didn’t want to beg for money and wouldn’t take my money when i first offered it - he said that was to easy - he wanted to earn it and sing for his money - Will is physically strong of sound body and seriously wants to work badly and the nightmare gymnastics he tells me of sleeping on the steet and in trains at night and then sitting for days on end in the welfare offices and all that he has gone and still goes through with the welfare and homeless services is unimaginable and unconscionable - even the people who work in the welfare offices keep telling him - Will, you don’t you get it!! - we are not here to help you - our job is to keep you off the welfare rolls and make it look like homelessness and welfare is declining - and they do everything possible to keep him homeless - he was kicked off welfare five out of six weeks for non-compliance - not because he intentionally did something wrong he is smarter then that - the goal of the welfare system as far as Will could tell was to try to wear him down and eventually to give up hope to be hopeless and homeless and off the rolls is the goal of the system that is in place - but he can’t and won’t give up on himself - the problem is compounded by the endless months of wasting time as if he had no life and being put on hold day in and day out sitting in the welfare office all day - caught in safety net which trapped him in its net and on top of that they intentionally keep sending him the wrong info the wrong papers at the wrong time and wrong address and blaming him for non-compliance - its a revolving door and you wonder why some of these guys go balistic - next time you see a homeless guy think twice - he could be you and if he is approachable talk to him about life on the street and you might be surprised to find out that he a human being