The Art of Absence.

He goes to meetings but only pays attention to what interests them. Seems like a good idea but we end up hiding from each other despite physically connected to one another.

He doesn't stop by to talk, doesn't call and doesn't want to be interrupted. He says "everyone is busy" but realizes that he was the one isolating himself to others.

He always depend on texting for almost everything but ironically wishing that one day he'd learn how to make a conversation.

He, who have grown up fearing to conversation, shows up to his job wearing earphones while walking around the campus.

After all that, it all says the same thing: Each of us is in our own bubble connected to keyboards and screens, even if we are together.

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