frozen

this video is pretty self-explanatory, but just in case - on sunday, the 13th of april, 1000 people froze in the middle of a shopping mall. crazy? kinda. what's crazier is that this was the work of one person, who through Facebook, made this event one for the record books (or mine, anyway...).

it was quite the experience. i don't think Lot 10 (where we were told to gather and wait for little orange flyers) has ever been that crowded. people were just standing around, waiting, and you could tell why they were there. we were all strangers, but connected in the anticipation of something quite extraordinary.

if you look carefully, you can spot me, my brother and my friend at about 2.43 on the right hand side. i was sitting down on the stairs, eating a cheese-cup-cake thing. my friend was tying his shoelaces while my brother was "stealing" his wallet. i thought that was a pretty cool idea (someone stole our snatch theft idea) until i watched this video and saw that two other people did the exact same thing. my freeze pose was a total coincidence.

in the moment, i think many people lost sight of the real reason this event was organized. which is actually okay, cuz even if you went just for fun, you were a part of the tapestry (explanation another day...).

"Where human beings get together to do something in unison, without speeches or reference to their age, color, sex, beliefs and background."

that line was why i attended this thing, and it was nice to see people get off their apathetic asses and actually do something to make a difference, as cliché as that may sound. so here's the video, from Random Alphabets. enjoy :)