There
are moments when a person cannot be seen by the human eye. I'm
sure you've noticed this. You might be walking down the street or
sitting in a chair when someone you know very well, your mother or your
best friend, walks past without seeing you. Later they'll say,
"Oh, I must have been preoccupied." Not so. At times we are
caught in a warp of space or time and, for a moment, vanish. This
phenomenon occurs often among children and old people. No one
understands exactly how this happens but some people remain invisible
for long periods of time. Most of these do so by choice.
They have learned to ride the moment, as a surfer rides the long curl
of a wave. How exhilarating it is to ride like that, a feeling of
triumph to move from room to room unseen, only the slightest breeze
from your passing.
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