In public spaces, we like to form private bubbles. These bubbles make us feel safe and warm. They are useful, so that even when we are out in the world, we can be in our world.
Think of each person as a world in themselves - with thoughts, and feelings, and ideas, and events. Imagine that every time we sit, or walk, or talk, or in any way live around other people, our worlds are colliding and mingling. It should fill us with wonder, if we stop to think.
But we don’t, because our bubbles are secure. They refract the light and blur the shapes. They mute all sounds. As we pass through these infinite worlds, we notice not even a thing.
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I love the idea of bubbles. It would be cool to illustrate people inside their bubbles sometime!
Just wondering if there were fewer private bubbles before the mobile phone came into our lives. I can no longer remember.