Isolation In Unity Explained

We Asians are known for being "the same", we like unity and we are afraid of being different.
In Taipei, people tend to do things in a group, whether intentionally or not.
A wave of people riding the transit together, groups of people in the same style of outfit walking on the streets, a gang of friends singing in a tiny room we call karaoke, thousands of people rush to the department stores when there is a sale, thousands upon thousands of angry students are collected to protest to the government.
We do everything in groups but none of us are together.

People don't talk to each other on the transit, we dress in the same way but we hate other people's clothes, friend sing together but never listen to other people's music, we fight each other for cheap stuff in the store, we stand side by side to protest but never understood why we were there, and we never pay enough attention to other people's life.

Taipei was suppose to be our water, but instead of nurturing us, it's now drowning Taipei people.

So we shelter ourselves in a dry cup. Turning our backs towards each other, we try to keep ourselves safe and away from communications. Away from the city.

Like a fish in a fish bawl, we are trapped within the diameter of a cup.
Searching for exits that don't exist.




On Juliet's comment:
I think this is an echo to what you said, about us fearing ourselves more than anything. It's funny because I had this drawing planned in my head already, you just happened to said what I wanted to say.
However, the drawing is not a solution but more of a observation-- that our communication is distant and we only have blurry visual connection of each other.
Hopefully this will give me some hint and lead me to some kind of solution.

Although I must also wonder if there is any solution out there, or we as humans are natural to have no true communication among ourselves.
And if so, what will be the best thing we can do to adapt?