observation #1

Where Do School Girls Go?

In the middle of the station, a young girl unbuttoned her checkered school dress and let it slip to the floor to reveal a mini skirt and turtleneck. Scrunching the dress into her backpack, she proceeded to check her phone constantly and then hastily walked onto the train, taking a seat in the far corner.  Ignoring the stop that lead her to school, she stayed on board until she reached Flinders, hopping off until I lost the sight of her blonde head amongst the crowd.

I assumed she was keeping her whereabouts from her parents and I began to wonder why? Where could she possibly be going on a school day that she felt the need to sneak away?

Do parents ever really know their children? It’s only natural that we keep secrets.

No, you can never truly know anyone and this is where ‘Citizen Kane’ springs to mind – how this huge media mogul died without anyone knowing what “Rosebud” meant to him…

Perhaps this young girl was off to see an older lover and I liked thinking about this. Through out the entire day, I thought and thought about their affair, placing myself in imagined scenes between the two and watching on unashamedly.