Invisibility

If you have ever watched The Incredibles you are familiar with Violet, the daughter of the family. I was told once that I sounded just like her. That was fine with me, I think her powers are pretty cool; invisibility and force fields. Plus, I really like how she grows and becomes more confident throughout the movie.
Invisibility is interesting though. In some ways it is a cliche for feeling alone or left out, Violet's personal trial. But it is a very understandable cliche if you have ever seen someone else's eyes skip over your face like they were scanning a wall. Someone you know. Or wish to know.
This week school started and as I was walking around campus I felt skipped over at times and I did my own skipping. And I thought about invisibility. When no one notices me, sometimes I laugh (depending on my mood it can be self deprecating or just observationally)  but sometimes I stop noticing people too. Basically I decided that when I notice I'm invisible I then focus so much on being invisible that the people around me become invisible. Weird huh? Invisibility creates invisibility.