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In terms of breaking, the

Submitted by Serendip Visitor on Tue, 12/10/2013 - 12:53am.

In terms of breaking, the idea of people watching raises the question of the relationship between actor and observer. Are we breaking the common trust of others by watching them without their knowledge, or just innocently partaking in the lives around us? The act of "fitting in" to remain unnoticed, is it necessary? Are not the people you're watching watching others, even you? Cerebral emptiness breaks from the idea of attentiveness, which one needs for watching, in hopes of working toward a more pure form of observation.

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