When you put on text (on your person - as clothing/textile, tattoo, or jewelry), do you honestly anticipate readers?
I am not so sure what I anticipate when I wear text (either as clothing or as jewelry). Many times, I guess I wear certain text for reasons, but I do not necessarily expect an audience. If I am going to a public place where I can wear a sweatshirt, I will probably choose one that reads either "Hofstra" or "Merion" or some other place to which I belong. This also poses the question, do we dress for other people and for the opinions of others? I'm not so sure. As a society, we are fairly narcissistic, and we want to be noticed. Still, how many people actual read the text we wear? Perhaps, we wear the text for ourselves - to make ourselves feel like we are part of something.
Thank you for your honest post. Hey, have you thought about tattoos specifically. I realize you don't have any, but the reason I ask this is because it's an entirely different form of text that you can't easily take off. I really appreciate that you are completely honest in this, it's okay to be indecisive and you manage to still acknowledge multiple ideas. Thank you!
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