{"id":64,"date":"2009-09-23T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/brain-break-a-subway-yearbook.html"},"modified":"2009-09-23T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T15:11:15","slug":"brain-break-a-subway-yearbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/brain-break-a-subway-yearbook.html","title":{"rendered":"Brain Break: A Subway Yearbook!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the people at Improv Everywhere<\/a> who brought you the “Surprise Wedding Reception”<\/a> we posted back in July….an impromptu New York City subway photo booth set up to collect yearbook-style photos of all the beautiful, different, big, small, young, old, etc folks who thought they were just getting on the train to travel from point A to point B.<\/p>\n

I love the combination of curiosity and vanity that the uber-cheesy high school cafeteria setup (complete with blue backdrop and short-sleeved, mustachioed photographer’s assistant) evoked from the New Yorkers.  I also love the way that the video shows only smiles and enthusiasm (check out the Improv Everywhere site<\/a> for photos of some who were slowly converted to the project after initial skepticism), without a drop of meanness to be seen.<\/p>\n

Not exactly what we non-New-Yorkers think of when we imagine what goes on in those subway tunnels….. Majorly inspiring for hump-day or any day!  <\/p>\n

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