YOUR STARES
YOUR STARES CAUSE US LOTS OF GRIEF.
WE OFTEN DONT GET ANY REST OUT AND ABOUT BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO DECODE THEM
THE NEXT PART OF THIS TOUR IS YOUR STARE
STARES ARE DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN PAIRED WITH SILENCE.
IM SURE YOU KNOW THIS.
I WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR CAMERA ON YOUR COMPUTER/PHONE OR GET A MIRROR
PUT YOUR FACE CLOSE TO YOUR DEVICE
AND LOOK AT YOUR EYES
IN YOUR EYES
LOOK AT THE COLOUR
THE SHAPE
THE SIZE OF YOUR EYES
ARE THEY KIND
ARE THEY WARM
ARE THEY COLD
ARE THEY ALIVE OR DEAD
YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN SO MUCH
I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU AVERTED YOUR EYES
WHEN YOU SAW SOMETHING YOU DIDNT LIKE
LIKE A TIME WHEN YOU SAW SOMETHING GROSS
OR SOMETHING
SCARY
OR
WHEN YOU SAW RACISM AND TURNED THE OTHER WAY
NOW I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE TIME YOU STARED
WHEN YOU SHOULDNT HAVE
SOMETHING YOU WERE TOLD NOT TO LOOK AT
LIKE PORN
A VIOLENT TV SHOW
WHEN YOU SAW SOMEONE BEING ATTACKED AND WATCHED
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU CONSUMED YOU CONSUMED SOMEONE ELSE WITH YOUR EYES
WHEN YOU TOOK THEM IN
WITH A GAZE
A GLANCE
A DEEP STARE
WHY DID YOU STARE AT THEM?
WAS IT BECAUSE THEY LOOKED DIFFERENT
OR ATTRACTIVE
OR YOU ONLY WATCHED BECAUSE YOU DIDNT WANT TO BE IN HARMS WAY
YOUD RATHER WATCH THEM BE IN PAIN
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT TIME WHEN YOU WATCHED SOMONE GET HURT ONLINE
DID YOU FEEL ANYTHING?
HOW LONG DID IT EFFECT YOU?
DID YOU SHARE IT AND SEARCH FOR MORE?
DID YOU TRY TO LISTEN TO THEM OR WHERE YOU ONLY INTERESTED IN SEING THE MOMENT OF PAIN
I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR
WEBCAM
AND SAY
WHAT IT IS YOU HAVE CONSUMED WITH YOUR EYES
GOT SOMETHING?
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SIT WITH THAT
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IN SILENCE
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KNOW THAT THIS SILECE THAT YOU HEAR SILENCE
THAT YOU ARE RIGHT NOW PRACTICING
IS VIOLENCE
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I NEED YOU TO SAY TO YOURSELF
OUT LOUD WHAT YOU HAVE CONSUMED WITH YOUR EYES
WHY YOU DID IT
AND IF YOU REGRET
NOW I NEED YOU TO PROMISE
TO YOURSELF
WHAT YOU WILL DO DIFFERENTLY