I have to say I've never been a fan of masks. But when Covid came along and we absolutely had to don them for survival around people...that opinion slowly changed for me...I really hated the not being able to breathe freely aspect for quite some time. But after getting used to them and being around everyone else in the same boat...I began to realize we were all comunicating with each other just with our eyes. We all had to put all our hidden facial expressions into our eye contact which made most everyone's eyes so much more expressive! I really began to dig it! And at the same time I found I could "say" a lot with my eyes with/and without my words while feeling just a tinch safer and didn't have to worry about say...how much I was smiling or not. I'm so comfortable with a mask on now that I actually prefer it when around a number of people. And when its cold ...a mask keeps my face warm!
Thanks for this piece Louise...Really got my ponder on with this one!
This is thought provoking—thank you. I wonder if there's a difference between masking and code switching? One seems to mean hiding something whereas the other seems to be amplifying different aspects in turn. But maybe that's a moot distinction, not sure.
Thanks Louise! I'll ck out the video. I've delt with of course mostly men but with others too all my life telling me to smile...Of course it's usually just to make themselves feel better, ugh. My face is just naturally not a smiley one. Don't know why...And it's been a little chore for me to smile when there isn't a child or something else around to smile about.
I have to say I've never been a fan of masks. But when Covid came along and we absolutely had to don them for survival around people...that opinion slowly changed for me...I really hated the not being able to breathe freely aspect for quite some time. But after getting used to them and being around everyone else in the same boat...I began to realize we were all comunicating with each other just with our eyes. We all had to put all our hidden facial expressions into our eye contact which made most everyone's eyes so much more expressive! I really began to dig it! And at the same time I found I could "say" a lot with my eyes with/and without my words while feeling just a tinch safer and didn't have to worry about say...how much I was smiling or not. I'm so comfortable with a mask on now that I actually prefer it when around a number of people. And when its cold ...a mask keeps my face warm!
Thanks for this piece Louise...Really got my ponder on with this one!
I LOVED this. And I also think that masks offer us new ways to find authenticity. I'm so glad I got to read this.
This is thought provoking—thank you. I wonder if there's a difference between masking and code switching? One seems to mean hiding something whereas the other seems to be amplifying different aspects in turn. But maybe that's a moot distinction, not sure.
This strengthened hope for me. Thank you Louise!
Thanks Louise! I'll ck out the video. I've delt with of course mostly men but with others too all my life telling me to smile...Of course it's usually just to make themselves feel better, ugh. My face is just naturally not a smiley one. Don't know why...And it's been a little chore for me to smile when there isn't a child or something else around to smile about.