[lit-ideas] Re: Scream on the subway
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:15:17 -0700
No, she was trying to tell everyone that the painting has been stolen again,
and for
everyone to look for it.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:41 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Scream on the subway
> An odd moment at the 34th Street 1-Train stop at Penn Station.
> Usually New Yorkers shave nanoseconds from their commute by pushing forward
> and jamming into subway cars, vying for advantage like drivers on the
> expressway. It can be an energizing or depressing experience depending on
> one's mood.
>
> The 1-Train arrived already full. As the doors opened, people tried to muscle
> inside immediately. Meanwhile an automated voice reminded commuters to allow
> people to exit the train before attempting to board. All routine.
>
> Let others go ahead of me, and remained on the platform. After several
> attempts, the subway doors were able to close securely and the train started
> to pull
> out of the station.
>
> In a passing car, a young woman had pressed her face against the glass and
> posed as "The Scream" for the benefit of those still on the platform. She
> maintained the pose as the train rumbled into the darkness beyond the
> station. It
> was so perfect, so immediately recognizable!
>
> Then a second thought. Maybe she wasn't posing? Maybe it was a spontaneous
> and troubled gesture unknowingly imitating art?
>
>
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