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Copying strangers' facial expressions as a practice

4 tweets · May 2022 · 33 likes · 0 retweets · read on Twitter

I get so much pleasure (and learn so much!) by looking at strangers' faces on the sidewalk and trying to copy their facial expressions patterns of muscle tension I never inhabit ordinarily evokes a whole stance

Interestingly with some people my intuition leads me to tensing my neck or pulling my tongue back in my mouth.... ...I have no idea how accurate my perceptions are here

did more of this at the bus stop again today continues to be such a fascinating experience today there was a guy who seemed actually relaxed! like when I went to steal his face, everything in my face just softened!

also this is a practice I've had intermittently in crowds for awhile—the 2nd verse of this song I wrote in 2013 is about it youtube.com/watch?v=VkJe3W…