I always want to be invisible!!
Actually sometimes I really think I am and am very surprised later that people CAN see me!!! Many times I dont want people to notice me especially when I photograph at weddings!! :))

I want to be invisible when I am traveling
when I stand on a platform waiting for a bus
and I want my used pack and hidden camera to remain
a part of the background
my covered head and healthy skin
may give me away
as an american
a rich lady .. one who made more money in a month
than another may ever see.

Yes I wish to be invisible when I travel
in a third world country.

I wish to not carry with me the materialistic aura of this, my US, to hurt another.
Or to harm me as another may see me only as a means to survival..
Steal and take away the money and grab teh camersa to sell it for food

Yes I wish to be invisible when I pass another who has anger or a need to strike out in his/her immediate needs.

I wish to be invisible when I am thinking my deep thoughts and shopping or driving. I wish to be safe but alone to deeply think.

There's a very easy way to get over the feeling of being invisible...make eye contact with people, "see" others and they will notice you :) I make a point of looking older women in the eyes and smiling at them simply because I know that, as older women, they may go through the whole day without being "seen" and acknowledged.

Essentially "feeling" invisible is more about our own perceptions and feelings than it is about whether others really see us or not. We have lots of power to change our feelings and perceptions (more than we do to change others anyway! :) Many people ARE rushing through their day, totally absent from the here and now (hence people accidentally running into you because their minds are elsewhere). Of course, there's always jumping up and down waving your arms around or wearing yellow and pink polka dots as a last resort to ensure we're noticed ;) How we carry ourselves, how present we are in the here and now, and how we engage with others through eye contact and body language will effect our interactions (or lack of) with others. Personally I quite enjoy being invisible on ocassion :)

It IS kind of funny in a way though, isn't it? Unless maybe I am just a magnet for stupid drivers. I know I am a magnet for stupid people. I seem to find way too many of them ....