She wore her clothes like costumes. Outfits were made up of what she thought she ought to be wearing, and this constantly wavered. It made her constantly temporary.
And it wasn’t unusual for her to get the look wrong. She’d make it 90% of the way to hipster, or business casual, before falling into the uncanny valley. Maybe this meant she was as uneasy in the role as she often looked. Maybe she simply wasn’t aware.
On the one hand, it meant that she was just as comfortable on Halloween as on any other day. On the other, the only way she knew how to make an impression on anyone was to manufacture and then confound their expectations.
Unsurprisingly, she didn’t get to know anyone.
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Elizabeth Cook, 2015
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You had me at, “It made her constantly temporary.”
An interesting view of how our inner and outer selves relate to each other.
Thanks! Sometimes a lot can depend on clothing 😛