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We Can Only Talk to Something Rather Than Somebody

No one can comprehend the pain of others. 

So we hide all the emotions deeply in the black box in mind. Yet sometimes we do need to express emotion, such as losing someone who is important when being alone in a foreign country, or feeling frustrates about yourself.

Whom can we talk to? We don’t want to let our family worried. We are afraid that our friends feel impatient when we cry too many times. We are afraid of being troubles. Then who else can we talk to? I told to a small toy again and again when I suffered from this situation. Some people talk to Blankets, Pillows, Dolls, Figures, even Showerheads, anything can comfort them. If these objects are alive, they understand us more than all the people around us. If these objects can talk to each other, they will understand the loneliness of mankind is universal. 

“Human are all lonely.” they said.
“We knew, but we can’t say anything. “


Exhibition: "RCA Visual Communication 2017 Work in Progress Show", Royal College of Art, London, 2017 
Typeface: Mrs Eaves, Roboto
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