invisibility

I'm curious as to how people see themselves.  Do they feel that they are seeing their reflection in the people they meet or keep close?  Is there a sense of a constructed public self and a privately owned personal self?  Do they not think about it?

I wonder if they immediacy of contact in our world is letting us believe in the power of our voice while still retaining a sense of invisibility?  We post, we chat we share.  But, do we still think we control our message or who we intend as an audience?  In my work I get emails and notes from lots of folks.  Unfortunately many messages are in a netherworld of private/public.  My work demands a sense of decorum and respect for privacy.  However many of the communiques I receive are downright rude.  And I cannot respond in kind.  So my job, while public, needs me to be complicit in my invisibility.

I am curious.  How do you want me to see you?  How do you think I actually do?

sidenote:  "Traffic is Murder" would be a great ad-line for a scary road rage/slasher movie