EVERYONE Is Looking
This should seem like a given, but I honestly wasn’t prepared for the level of staring that we received. We started our journey on the subway, and fellow train passengers immediately gave us a wide berth when we boarded. (I can’t blame them — they were probably waiting for us to break into song and dance.)
At first, many people refused to make eye contact when we caught them looking. Eventually, because there were two of us and a photographer, observers could tell that we were part of some sort of project instead of especially . . . interesting citizens of NYC. Many approached us asking to take pictures, asking us what we were. When we were in Central Park, a man walking past stared at us for so long that he tripped and fell.
