The Doors wrote lyrics that comes to mind when travelling on a
crowded train in London
“People are strange when you're a stranger;
faces look ugly when you're alone."
There are thousands who use the tube everyday and each is pre
occupied in their own world; travelling in different directions and making
their way through the city. If you look around and just observe faces, many
faces. Thoughtful, angry or then pre occupied. All our faces tell a story, and
every story has some good and bad, some ups and downs. Faces are interesting
especially when there is no mask and that only happens when people are unaware
that they are being watched. It would be nice to look into people's mind and
see what they are thinking. The thought could be as trivial as “Oh! I fancy a
spicy meal" or has deep as “I wonder where my life is going and is this the
end". The face may not tell all but it will give an idea
of the thought.
I think faces that are older are the ones that tell all; they
really tell you what lies beneath. On the tube there are hundreds of
faces buried in books, newspapers. Tuning out the world while plugging in
to a cell phone, I pad, or a tablet.
Next time you are on the tube; take a look around and see the
faces. Tell me what you see.
