Re: final editing pass

Zeborah <zeborah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mary K. Kuhner <mkkuhner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And then there's body
> > language. I discovered to my amusement one day that if I am
> > roleplaying Chernoi, people step out of my way in a crowded mall.
> <snip>
> > I wish I could describe why people got out of my way at the mall,
> > but I really have no idea, except that it involves confidently
> > expecting that they will.
>
> It's not the expectation directly, of course, it's body language: if
> you expect them to get out of your way, you just keep walking straight
> ahead, and there's nothing in your body language that suggests that
> *you're* going to move, because you're not. So the people around you,
> entirely subconsciously, pick up that you're not going to get out of

I think I posted about this a few years ago :-) -- perhaps it is not too
soon to repeat it!

I saw a documentary which explained how this works: when two people
approach from opposite directions, they glance (their eyes flick) at the
ground where they intend to walk. If you do this deliberately (I tried
it) you can get to choose which side of you they will walk around.

If you wear dark glasses (very dark) so your eyes can't be seen, you are
much more likely to do the little step-to-the-left/step-to-the-right
dance and fail to "negotiate" how you intend to pass each other.

It would be interesting to know what would happen if Mary tried her
Chernoi roleplay while wearing dark glasses: do people still step out of
her way?

Jonathan
.

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