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Final Draft.
At Grand Central Terminal, a few people are waiting for the train 4057 at a departure platform. Kelly is standing on this platform with her son. 4057 is an exceptional train at Grand Central Terminal. It operates once a year. The passengers of 4057 have much more baggage than other passengers or have nothing in their hands. No one knows exactly about the destination of 4057 because no one has come back from there. 4057 is called Utopian Train. Since the particular destination has a distinct purpose, the people at this platform are somewhat different with the people at ordinary platforms. The mood of the platform is usually hopeful, but also there are a few people who exude a pessimistic mood. All of them are anxious for sure. The passengers of 4057 have various reasons for leaving. Most of them want to take the special train to reach utopia in order to escape their severe reality. They believe there is something special such as their dream, inspiration, their family or friends who already passed away, and a better or ideal life. For them, Utopia is literally a “shining city on the hill”.
Kelly lost her husband in a car accident six months ago. They were married for 12 years. She met her husband when she was a 15-year-old. She always thought it was so lucky to get married to her first love. They loved each other. She missed him so much and sometimes she considers going to Utopia because she believes she will find her husband there, though she hasn’t decided to take the special train. She prefers to be down to earth than a daydreamer. She chose to go to Utopia because of her son. Her 10-year-old son has a strange disease. Her son, Joshua occasionally loses his sight. He loses his sight as soon as he feels an extreme headache. The pain continues roughly six hours. Joshua has borne the pain well, but Kelly feels her heart ache when Joshua is in pain. He has had this bizarre illness has been since he was seven years old. After several of agony over the past three years, she is determined to bring her son to Utopia to cure him.
Ted live in Brooklyn with his girlfriend. He used to work at an electronic device store. He quit the job to take the utopian train. He had grown sick of his daily routine and he had become fed up with his work. These were the reasons for taking the train; however, primary motive was an existential sadness. Like the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, he believed that the current society was hell for him. We are obliged to live with others views and expectations. People tend to play a role for their surroundings. Ted aspires to find his identity and he believed that he can find it in Utopia. His girlfriend, Sara followed him to heading Utopia. She never realized her ambition of becoming a professional singer songwriter. She doesn’t have a bridge between her ability and reality. In reality she was a waitress. Although she had to work 12 hours a day, she got paid peanuts for doing that job. She wanted to work doing something she cares about, but she didn’t know what that could be. She just wanted to stop working. She is fatigued.
Ted and Sara are not together now. He is the only person who came back from Utopia. No one knows how he came back, how long he stayed there, why his girlfriend did not come together. Most people among him do not know he took the utopian train. Kelly’s husband and Ted were best friends. He hasn’t seen Kelly and Joshua since his best friend died, he sent a present to Joshua as a Christmas gift. Ted knows Joshua’s disease and always feels sorry for him. He unexpectedly heard Kelly and Joshua were going to board 4057 and he is on his way to Grand Central Terminal to stop them. He knows how he had lost his girlfriend. He doesn’t believe the therapeutic utopian strategy. It will not be a remedy for Joshua.
He arrives at Grand Central Terminal. He sees Kelly and Joshua and they are just about to get on the train 4057. He runs and shouts. There is the Venous de Milo in his mind. Utopia always reminds him of the beautiful sculpture which people believe is perfect. People tend to think something is beautiful when they see it from far away. They think Utopia is perfect like the Venus de Milo. The truth is it is not. It is not perfect and has many cracks and scratches. After coming back from Utopia, he believes that there is no perfection in the world. He has realized how beauty is defined. Beauty is possible because it is not perfect.
His return was impossible. No one can come back from the seventh heaven because the utopian train never stops. It cannot stop because Utopia is a place that is perfect, but doesn’t exist. Utopia is the apotheosis of a place of idealistic day dreamers. They live on the train with hope of Utopia and the hope is going to be changed to nostalgia, because before long they feel and realize that their eternal life is on the 4057. He runs and shouts to stop them.
For this bridge project, I also made suitcases based on the interview.
1st Draft.
At Grand Central Terminal, a few people are waiting 4057 train at a departure platform. Kelly is standing on this platform with her son. 4057 is exceptional train at Grand Central Terminal. It operates once a year. The passengers of 4057 have much more baggage than other passengers or have nothing on their hands. No one knows exactly about the destination of 4057, because no one has come back from there. 4057 is called Utopian Train. Since the particular destination has distinct purpose, the people at this platform are somewhat different with the people at ordinary platform. The mood of the platform is usually hopeful, but also there are a few people who exude pessimistic mood. However, all of them are anxious for sure. The passengers of 4057 have various reasons. Most of them want to take the special train to reach utopia in order to escape their severe reality. They believe there are something special such as their dream, inspirations, their family or friends who already passed away, and better or ideal life. For them, Utopia is literally “shining city on the hill”.
Kelly lost her husband in a car accident six months ago. Her marriage had been for 12 years. She met her husband when she was 15-year-old. She always thought it is so lucky to get married to first love. They loved each other. She missed him so much and sometimes she considers going Utopia that is why she believes she will find her husband in Utopia, though she hasn’t decided to take the special train. She prefers to be down to earth than daydreamer. She resolved to go Utopia because of her son. Her 10-year-old son has a strange disease. Her son, Joshua occasionally loses his sight. When he loses his sight, as soon as he feels an extreme headache. The pain continues toughly six hours. Joshua has borne the pain well, but Kelly has felt her heart when Joshua is in the pain. His bizarre illness has been since he was seven years old. Several times of agony for three years, she determined to bring her son to Utopia to cure him.
Ted live in Brooklyn with his girlfriend. He used to work at electronic device store. He quit the job to take the utopian train. He had been sickening of his dairy routine and he had been fed up with his work. This was the one of the reason; however, the primary motive was that existential sadness. He believes that the current society may be hell for him and also for the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The reason is that we are obliged to live with others views and expectations. People tend to play a role for their surroundings. The man aspires to find his identity and he believes that he can find it in Utopia. His girlfriend Sara never realized her ambition of becoming a professional singer songwriter. She doesn’t have a bridge between her ability and the reality. The reality was that she was a waitress. Although she had to work 12 hours a day, she got paid peanuts for doing that job. She wanted to work doing something she cares about, but she even didn’t know what that could be. She just wanted to stop working. She is fatigued. Sara followed him to heading Utopia. However, Ted and Sara are not together now. He is the person who came back from Utopia. No one knows how he came back, and how was the different world, how long he stayed there, why his girlfriend did not come together. Even most people among him do not know he took the utopian train. Kelly husband and Ted were best friends. He hasn’t seen Kelly and Joshua since his best friend died, he sent present to Joshua as a Christmas gift. He knows Joshua’s disease and always feel sorry for that. He unexpectedly heard Kelly and Joshua are going to board 4057 and he is on his way to Grand Central Terminal to stop them. He knows how he lost his girlfriend. He doesn’t believe the therapeutic utopian strategy. It will not be a remedy for Joshua.
He arrived Grand Central Terminal. He sees Kelly and Joshua and they are just right before taking 4057. He runs and shouts. There is the Venous de Milo in his mind. Utopia always reminds him of the beautiful sculpture which people believe it is perfect. People tend to think something is beautiful when they see it far from it. They think Utopia is perfect like the Venus de Milo. The truth is it is not. It is not perfect and has many cracks and scratches. After coming back from Utopia, he believes that there is no perfection in the world. He realized how beauty is defined. Beauty is possible because it is not perfect.
His return was impossible. No one cannot come back from the seventh heaven because the utopian train is not going to stop. It cannot stop because Utopia is a place that is perfect, but doesn’t exist. Utopia is the apotheosis of a place of idealistic day dreamers. They live on the train with hope of Utopia and the hope is going to be changed to nostalgia, because before long they feel and realize that their eternal life on the 4057.
He runs and shout to stop them.
