"Just Benny"

"The Love Connection, man! You guys are on the Love Channel!" The man's beady umber eyes twinkled in sync with his loud smile. We stopped to take notice of the chalk drawing he was in the process of making when he decided to grab our concentration with a seemingly forceful statement about our relationship. We refuted his accusation and gave him our perspective on the chalk woman's enlarged magenta lips. "There is no truth, just perspective." Christoph offered chalk man. The man was ecstatic by his response and proclaimed Christoph to be some sort of philosopher. Yeah, I'd consider him a philosopher, professor, but mostly just a student of life.

When we asked chalk man his name, he replied: "Just Benny." It was as if he was humble of his title: "Yeah, nothing spectacular... just Benny." He explained that he had once worked with a large chef who ate crisp peaches and smoked like a broke stove who used to announce himself as Just J.

I guess that's what the best of us do - plagiarize actions, thoughts and philosophies from others to create our own personal awesome montage. Somehow the discussion tilted toward the Platonic Solids: Icosahedrons, duodecahedrons and Sacred Geometry. As it progressed, I noticed that Just Benny told every pair of people that passed by that they were on the Love Channel or that they looked beautiful. After our 7-minute too long interaction with Just Benny, I asked Christoph what he thought about this peculiarity. Is something just as genuine if it is shared with any person that passes by? What about selection and sincerity? I understand his motive is to bring people to a compassionate level, but the cynics of this world might see right through his positive pumping device. Am I a cynic?