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[jenmaicha]

aug 2: first downtown hamilton sunset! i really liked your mall post. for some reason every time i read about eyes now my mind goes to tj eckleburg and those giant billboard eyes looking over the ash valley. in gatsby, it was probably a metaphor for god (sorta like the watchers in marvel who observe important events but can’t interfere). it’s weird because most of the time writing about eyes goes on about emotions and evocativeness, almost like looking into someone‘s eyes was how you read their mind.

with covid, though, and what you mentioned about how we feel less connected to strangers, looking into someone’s eyes over a mask feels more like looking at tj eckleburg than it does the window of the soul. i don’t know how to feel about that.

- j

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