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Crowded Isolation

Reposting an older post that I have last November 1, 2011, a picture taken by my friend Roland [link] during the Halloween Costume Street Party at Church Street, Toronto... seeing this new Photo Prompt from Magpie Tales, i thought that the idea is the same... 

Crowded Isolation

I can hear voices,
screaming, 
laughing 
and even crying.

I can hear footsteps
and sense movements.

Suffocated,
Crowded...



Yet I feel alone 
and see noone.

posted for Magpie Tales
photo courtesy of Tess Kincaid


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26 comments:

  1. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallDecember 4, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    your title makes a stretching imagery in mind.

    simple lines, very well thought magpie tale.

    :)

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  2. Brian MillerDecember 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    amazing how we can feel so alone in a crowd of people...it is quite common actually...and sad we can feel so disconnected...

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  3. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderDecember 4, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Alone in a crowded room. I think this happens to a lot of people.

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  4. kaykualaDecember 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    ParengJJ,
    It is strange and it is ironic. We're in a crowd with lots of people around us but we are still alone. Great Magpie!

    Hank

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  5. Marilyn & JeffDecember 4, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Yes, alone in a crowd is a dreadful feeling. Great magpie.

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  6. Maude LynnDecember 4, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    You've really captured that feeling!

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  7. izzyDecember 5, 2011 at 5:09 AM

    Crowds can be hard- this one definitely seemed
    impersonal! thanks.

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  8. JinksyDecember 5, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Crowds are often the loneliest places to be in...

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  9. Frances GarroodDecember 5, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Very good take on the picture!

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  10. anthonynorthDecember 5, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    Yes, crowds can be such lonely places. Great words.

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  11. Laurie KolpDecember 5, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    I'm very familiar with that feeling.

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  12. HelenDecember 5, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Yes, the same vibe ... yesterday and today.

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  13. Stafford RayDecember 5, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Good that you re-posted this. Such loneliness is more intense than when there are no people around at all. Crowds frighten me. I guess it is my fear of the mob mentality and loss of control.

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  14. MaggieDecember 5, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Perfect feel for the prompt. Such a sad painting, isn't it?

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  15. Susie ClevengerDecember 5, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Feeling alone in a crowd...I have been there..You have communicated the feeling well

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  16. Carrie Van HornDecember 5, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Yes, I understand this all too well....great writing JJ!!

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  17. suzDecember 5, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    oh my Jj...how much differene a year has made in your life....I still remember reading that and hurting for you.....now you are happy and making the noise and seeing everyone everwhere :- ) !!!

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  18. Ann GrenierDecember 5, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    Perfect response to the Magpie...lonely in a crowd.

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  19. AnonymousDecember 5, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    Yes, there is very much a sense of that crowded isolation in the painting.

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  20. AnonymousDecember 5, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    Dear JJ: "None" so alone as being alone in a crowd, very frightening; especially when one cannot "see" yet can "hear". How confusing the noise of others' happy communication making one feeling further alone. Deep and moving; an eye-opener! Chiccoreal

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  21. hyperCRYPTICalDecember 6, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    Perfect interpretation.

    Anna :o]

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  22. IntelliblogDecember 6, 2011 at 3:20 AM

    Crowded isolation, indeed! That says it all.

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  23. Dave KingDecember 7, 2011 at 3:25 AM

    A common experience used to embrace the prompt. Excellently done.

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  24. TrellissimoDecember 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    I see the similarities in the two pictures - clever.

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  25. susan m hinckleyDecember 7, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    I love the way you linked the two pictures. Nice.

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  26. AnonymousDecember 10, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    sometimes, the more people around us, the more we feel alone

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