In this world, there are the people and the people-watchers. I make it known that I’m the latter. Playing pretend with passersby is my signature party trick. The other day, I cast a handful of ...

I enjoy trying to enjoy life. The party isn’t always the point. I go to the least-loved room of a museum, and there I become porous. I stare hard at a lonely figure no one stops to admire. You’d think ...