Mute it, "Face it"
Greetings!
We all are very good at putting up a face and hiding our emotions behind it. This ability has helped our ancestors survive. It helps in so many situations, right from winning poker to getting favourable international treaties.
Look at most of the selfies and group snaps. If we can't put up a face properly, then there are filters to do the rest of job for us. One can put up an excellent show of having fun while the reality might be totally different. (I guess this is usually the case).
We are also very good at using euphemisms, great flowery words. Look at most of the videos. The words spoken consciously on videos are also usually made up, politically correct and don't reflect the real intent as well as the content of what is going inside our heads.
We all know it and usually take this in stride.
But what if we want to go beyond and see what is going on inside someone rather than the facade that has been put up? There are many ways to do it and reams of literature has been dedicated for these ways. Just Google "body language"!
But in this digital age, we may not actually meet up the person but may still want to get some insight into some one's intent looking at the digital content - photos and videos.
So how do we go about it in the Digital world?
Well, I have a theory about it, I call it as - Mute it and "Face it".
They say that a man's face is a reflection of what is happening inside. (Some say a woman's face is reflection of her makeup skills, but I won't comment on that 😎).
Therefore, even though this saying about face being reflection of inner emotions might be true, but cannot be applied to the usual photos we get.
The premise here is that when someone takes a photo, our cognitive abilities get busy in 'putting out the best, most acceptable face' . Here the picture may be equal to thousand words but there is no guarantee how many of those words turn to be true. So we can't make much from the face in such a photo. So, such a photo doesn't seem like a true reflection
But, it is a wholly different situation when one starts speaking. The speech usually is made up to come out as the best, most acceptable or driven by ulterior motives. The cognitive abilities get busy in managing words and get off the task of managing the face!
And therefore, my theory is that, to get insight into some one's intent, we can just watch any video where they are speaking. Just ignore the words by muting the video and read the face. Then, you can watch the expression on their faces which may reflect the inner reality as the face is off guard now!
Well! My theory may or may not be true. And I too may be saying something here but hiding something else.
The way to test is very simple.
Just mute it and "Face it"
Sincerely Mine!
Anand Kulkarni
We all are very good at putting up a face and hiding our emotions behind it. This ability has helped our ancestors survive. It helps in so many situations, right from winning poker to getting favourable international treaties.
Look at most of the selfies and group snaps. If we can't put up a face properly, then there are filters to do the rest of job for us. One can put up an excellent show of having fun while the reality might be totally different. (I guess this is usually the case).
We are also very good at using euphemisms, great flowery words. Look at most of the videos. The words spoken consciously on videos are also usually made up, politically correct and don't reflect the real intent as well as the content of what is going inside our heads.
We all know it and usually take this in stride.
But what if we want to go beyond and see what is going on inside someone rather than the facade that has been put up? There are many ways to do it and reams of literature has been dedicated for these ways. Just Google "body language"!
But in this digital age, we may not actually meet up the person but may still want to get some insight into some one's intent looking at the digital content - photos and videos.
So how do we go about it in the Digital world?
Well, I have a theory about it, I call it as - Mute it and "Face it".
They say that a man's face is a reflection of what is happening inside. (Some say a woman's face is reflection of her makeup skills, but I won't comment on that 😎).
Therefore, even though this saying about face being reflection of inner emotions might be true, but cannot be applied to the usual photos we get.
The premise here is that when someone takes a photo, our cognitive abilities get busy in 'putting out the best, most acceptable face' . Here the picture may be equal to thousand words but there is no guarantee how many of those words turn to be true. So we can't make much from the face in such a photo. So, such a photo doesn't seem like a true reflection
But, it is a wholly different situation when one starts speaking. The speech usually is made up to come out as the best, most acceptable or driven by ulterior motives. The cognitive abilities get busy in managing words and get off the task of managing the face!
And therefore, my theory is that, to get insight into some one's intent, we can just watch any video where they are speaking. Just ignore the words by muting the video and read the face. Then, you can watch the expression on their faces which may reflect the inner reality as the face is off guard now!
Well! My theory may or may not be true. And I too may be saying something here but hiding something else.
The way to test is very simple.
Just mute it and "Face it"
Sincerely Mine!
Anand Kulkarni
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