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Ruth's avatar

Hi Andrew! Glad to have a chance to read your thoughts through this newsletter. On a run downtown, I had a similar encounter with a disembodied voice telling me I was being watched. I appreciate how you used that encounter to meditate on the value of being truly seen.

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Andrew Johnson's avatar

Ruth - thanks for reading, and for your chiming in and saying you've experienced it, too. What an odd element to add to our public spaces, and it is simultaneously added to the urban "background noise" while also standing out as something distinct and troubling!

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Michelle Overholt's avatar

“What is the difference between being watched and being seen?” This question gives me a whiplash from heebie-jeebies to warm fuzzies— which is the point, no?

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