Miranda July came to me at a time when I was feeling especially fragile. It was a time when every noise was too loud and I kept finding myself behind people who seemed to have no idea where they were going. I wasn't sure of the antidote. I thought rather than honouring my desire to disconnect, I should connect more with people, feel their sadness, wonder what they were thinking about when they smiled on trains and in moments otherwise not noted in the great books of history...