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I'm not doing this project to necessarily make new longterm friends, or go have a drink with these people. Nor is it to pass any judgements on ones life. My goal is to simply meet interesting, and maybe not so interesting strangers who I wouldve never taken the time to talk to otherwise. One that may differ, or perhaps relate to my own life. So many times, you walk past someone, and they wont even raise their head in the slightest to say hello. I'll never understand why. The challenge to myself is not only to surpass that simple hello with one person a day, but to convince them to look into my lens and tell me something about themselves. My name is Amanda Surkin, and this is my journey of meeting 100 new faces. Take the time to listen, you may learn something :)

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Stranger #25


Stranger #25-

Meet Zakiya. Zakiya is a transfer student, a psychology major and is unsure of what she wants to do with her future. Zakiya chose to tell me-

"I had an accident over the summer. I was using a cane for 3 months because I couldnt walk at all. I'm getting better now"

I could sense while talking to Zskiya that she was a little timid and seemed nervous to talk to me, even though she was slightly smiling at times.I've been very lucky thus far with the awesome people that I've met, but if you think about it, I'm just as much of a stranger to them as they are to me. It's understandable that she didnt really want to get into details with me; she doesnt truly know me!
Doing this project, the last thing I want to do is discomfort anyone, or post anything about themselves that they really dont feel comfortable with, even if they used their own discretion on what they've chosen to tell me. I made sure to confirm that she was ok with everything, and I also asked her if she was okay with me putting her identity and words on a blog. I think she appreciated this, and made her feel more at ease. Truth is, I honestly do care how people feel. Even people I dont know or have a personal tie with. Zakiya may not have been that open, but I now know her name just incase I see her around campus! This is my sole purpose, and she told me all that she wanted to.

I've met 25 different people. I'm proud of that!
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