Having lived in NY for nearly 4 years, I rode the subway multiple times a day across the entire city and all buroughs and my sentiments were often the exact same... why is there no eye contact? Why do people act like they're in their living room? Why do people push and shove without any hesitation? Why do people make other people uncomfortable? Why don't people show simple respect for others? Why do people act like they are the only one riding the subway? 

The truth of the matter is everyone is trying to make sense of it all in ways that matter to us and in ways that allow us to individually understand this game of life. Everyone is trying. Everyone is struggling. No one has it perfect. We are in this together. We are, on the subway, together. And on the subway, our individual thoughts and mannerisms and morals and styles and languages and backgrounds and values and perspectives and physical presence collide. And Luke captures the raw beauty and truth in that. 

We speak our understanding of life through our manifesto and wake up everyday to the challenge of living another honest day with ourselves. It's not easy by any means, but it's incredibly uplifting when you acknowledge and embrace and act in sync with the standards you set forth. Having those fall in line with people around you tho is often the greatest challenge.  

I tip my hat to Luke for speaking the truth and having the courage to engage NY subway riders as anyone who's riden the subway knows it's a different world down there.