Don't talk to strangers
This is what we were taught as children.
So without thinking twice everyone walks with their head down, tunnel vision, keeping to themselves, generally. So doing this project I have learned --"Talk to strangers"
It is so eye opening. You wouldn't normally give yourself an opportunity to venture around a city and talk to strangers, but I did. Everyone has a story. Learning about people's stories and backgrounds by just talking for a few minutes is an incredible thing. You'd be surprised how open people will be with you if you take interest in their lives. I met some people from all over the world, from France, Alberta, Boston, etc ..and one from my little neighbor Newfoundland. Each of them being so different, I learned about their children, their hometowns, their reasons for being in Quebec, I learned that some of them had it harder then others, I could go on. Walking up to people on the street is (we were taught) a weird thing to do, but really puts things into perspective also.. How would you react if someone came up to you at the park while you were eating lunch with your friend, smiling and talked about a project they're working on. I'm going to take a guess and say you're probbbaabllyyyy not going to tune them out, or yell at them. You're going to be caught off guard, but interested. People don't generally bite. Most people want to make new friends or get to know someone new.
Who knows!! Take out your headphones, put your phone in your pocket and say hey to some strangers in the park. With a smile and an open mind, we will learn a lot more about other people, and ourselves. We tend to forget sometimes that our best friends were once strangers to us at one point.
This is what we were taught as children.
So without thinking twice everyone walks with their head down, tunnel vision, keeping to themselves, generally. So doing this project I have learned --"Talk to strangers"
It is so eye opening. You wouldn't normally give yourself an opportunity to venture around a city and talk to strangers, but I did. Everyone has a story. Learning about people's stories and backgrounds by just talking for a few minutes is an incredible thing. You'd be surprised how open people will be with you if you take interest in their lives. I met some people from all over the world, from France, Alberta, Boston, etc ..and one from my little neighbor Newfoundland. Each of them being so different, I learned about their children, their hometowns, their reasons for being in Quebec, I learned that some of them had it harder then others, I could go on. Walking up to people on the street is (we were taught) a weird thing to do, but really puts things into perspective also.. How would you react if someone came up to you at the park while you were eating lunch with your friend, smiling and talked about a project they're working on. I'm going to take a guess and say you're probbbaabllyyyy not going to tune them out, or yell at them. You're going to be caught off guard, but interested. People don't generally bite. Most people want to make new friends or get to know someone new.
Who knows!! Take out your headphones, put your phone in your pocket and say hey to some strangers in the park. With a smile and an open mind, we will learn a lot more about other people, and ourselves. We tend to forget sometimes that our best friends were once strangers to us at one point.
Luckily for me, I got to meet a hundred new people ANNND build an image bank!
Here are a few of the zillion shots from my studio street casting here at L'Eloi -- I don't often see familiar faces here, so it was great to see everyone again. Feel like I made some new friends;)
