Sunday, May 9, 2010



There was a Twilight Zone episode from the 80's series about a man convicted of coldness being sentenced to invisibility. The sentence was administered by applying a special mark on his forehead, which could burn through any covering, and releasing him into the population. From that point, his mark ensured that he would receive no acknowledgement of his presence by anyone - except that one blind dude but I don't want to spoil it. At first he thought it was a great laugh, but he soon longed for human contact. By the end of his sentence, he had been thoroughly humbled.

One thing about invisibility of this sort is that it tends to project outward after a while. Others in the invisible person's sphere become invisible to him. He can act as though they aren't even there. Some street people, for instance, appear utterly oblivious to those around them. They may go poking through a garbage can right in front of you, or do far more shockingly uninhibited things.

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