You are an experience, your presence, spirit, existence is a manifestation of an interaction or encounter. Whether your participation enhance or diminish the quality of what you are or represent is really up to you and the individual.
You as an experience can be an experiment where other individuals perceive you as an opportunity to manipulate, change you according to their perception, belief or understanding.
You as an experience can represent a status, give a person an role, position, title. You might be a proof of status, recognition, or trophy.
I am beginning to understand people can not fully acknowledge (or appreciate) you as an individual not because they can't see you as one, but they cant experience you as an individual. They can have an understanding of who you are but most are looking to explore a form of sensation, vibe, a feel, a means to connect beyond what they know or to confirm a suspicion/impression.
