had some fun conversations with artists last night at the show, vs others had a vibe that ran me out of the room at hello it wasn't nerves because one of the fun ones was totally hyper nervous fast talking

i've def gotten worse at noisy crowds since the pandemic, harder to filter out everything else while being open to the person i want to listen to

curiosity helps a lot- when the conversation comes to a pause, having something i genuinely want to know makes it easy to ask a friendly question

i have a religious belief that in theory i could connect with everyone; but in practice idk, some ppl feel soft and open while others feel too rigid or withdrawn or fake and every word requires me to force myself to stay and engage

feel like i need some techniques or different ways of understanding the ppl who aren't so easy to connect with