Or is it everyone else who becomes invisible? I was trailed at close quarters by a big girl weeping copiously as she detailed at volume the very many, very intimate reasons why she was upset, I was getting drenched, deafened and thoroughly depressed and she was practically on my heels so I stepped into a doorway to allow her to pass. She did spot me then and paused her wailing long enough to give me a squint-eyed What's- the-matter-with-you? look
‘The Garden Against Time’ by Olivia Laing
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Rachel Cooke at The Guardian: Olivia Laing’s new book, The Garden Against
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Of course they think cell phones are a sort of cloak-of-invisibility.I'm not sure whether they are in love with the Harry Potter ideal or just plain rude.
ReplyDeleteI also wonder about the invisibility of middle-aged women I'm amazed how few people can see me
DeleteIt sounds like you were being followed by a badly written soap opera.
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My whole life is a badly written soap opera
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