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When I was reading the mosaic for Thursday, I noticed that it was focused almost entirely on sight. I therefore decided that I was going to make a mosaic out of everything but sight: I only wrote down things I heard, smelled, or touched on the train ride into Philly, in Philly, and then out of Philly.

last one is not clear, I make the mosaic on my own photo and put different eyes, mouth and hands from various "people" into one face.

Look at all these faces with noses or eyes or mouths that don't belong to them.

They are broken to be new
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Has anyone ever questioned the existence of the "female gaze" ? By that I mean the look that some women give, one that is full of assumption and judgement, when seeing a woman known to act promiscuously, or a woman who does the opposite. Numerous times in this past week, I have been a witness to the extreme judgment of a women who chooses to express her gender identity in a way that is considered promiscuous or "slutty" in the eyes of society, BY OTHER WOMEN. Guilty of this myself, I think it is important to consider this gaze, because mistreatment by men based on a woman's lifestyle or dress is one thing, but for a woman to judge and mistreat another for these same reasons puts a huge, hypocritical hole in the feminist cause. We saw evidence of this in The Complete Persepolis when Marjane puts down her classmates for their beliefs and lifestyle, and this is why I had a hard time considering her autobiography a femenist text. Because Marjane was having sex, it seemed that she considered herself above her classmates because they were not rebelling against the state in the way that she was, and that made her independent and them frustrated and weak. 

I use several photos of this trip, some key words, and some part of my wall pappers of my phone to create this mosaic. The combination of those element can express my mood and feeling during the trip.