Squinting at another reality
On June 3, 2016 by Dan Ryan With 0 Comments
- Asakusa, Homelessness, People, Scholars & Rogues, Tokyo 2015, Tokyo the Human, Tokyo, Japan
She was shuffling around Nakamise Dori, the shopping boulevard that leads to Sensō-ji in Asakusa. She touched a lot of elbows trying to speak to people who pulled away and ignored her. This did not phase her. She kept moving through the crowd, sizing up the passersby with a laser-sharp focus that seemed to cut through the communal illusion that we are all okay and everything will be fine…
(Asakusa, Tokyo 2015)