Editor's note: This was such a good idea that it turnes out someone already had it! A friend of mine pointed out that Sophie Blackall has already explored this. Check out her work, its pretty awesome.
Cragslist's Missed Connections fascinate me. The idea that someone can touch another person's life without realizing it enough to motivate that person to continue to think about them is both peculiar and and amazing.
Missed connections are one side of a two-sided exchange between people, sometimes where one of the two are unaware it even happened. Or, maybe they are both aware but the experience was drastically different between the two people.
"We locked eyes and you gave a shy and mysterious smile..."
Obviously the "shy and mysterious smile" was enough to embed her in his thoughts, enough to motivate him to chase the chance that she might want to share another smile, maybe a different smile, or a variety of different smiles with him. What about her? Maybe she was remembering something that caused a momentary and subtle smile to dance across her mouth. Maybe the song, unheard to others, that came from her earbuds had a series of notes so beautiful that it moved her to expression. Or maybe, he captivated her in a way that made her smile.
The Missed is a series of my interpretations of these "missed" women, sent to the men and women who missed them.
The Missed #1
Stay tuned.
Audrey, I LOVE this idea. Cannot wait to see where you go with it.
ReplyDeleteP. S. Do you know the illustrator Greg Ruth? I recently got his 52 Weeks Project book and it's full of the weirdest, most pleasing little portrait sketches.