Monday, October 19, 2009
Evolution of body language
An invisible waiting impatiently shuffles his foot or drum his fingers. Pretending not interested by looking blank and stares in front. Looking distracted and somewhere else when caught in the crossfire of a personal argument. Whistling to be perceived as in a pensive mood or feeling good.These are all attitudes and lots of others that an invisible puts on to show that he is doing something else and not what you are thinking.But now a day this body signal has changed with the introduction of the small,hand held tech. Mobiles,pod's,mp3or4 etc. We all quickly grasp our mobile and pretend to do something if caught in an embarrassing moment, or use our mp3 instead to whistle to distance ourselves.In a waiting room many click on their pods or mobiles, no drumming of fingers or shoe shuffles to ease the nerves of waiting.We don't use our body anymore to display these moments. Today's tech. has taken over and came to our rescue.Someone coming down the street you don't feel like talking too,grab your mobile and indulge.Don't want to hear stupid conversation as you queue put on the earplugs and listen to your favorite music,no need to look vague. Who knows what else we will replace as more and more gadgets are introduced in our daily lives.
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People have always had props to avoid awkward personal interaction, even if only in something as simple as pretending there is an interesting event in the opposite direction of the unflavored contact. Electronic devices just take the imagination out of the process.
ReplyDeleteI don't subscribe to the idea that technology alienates us from each other, or from the world. Technology to me is like alcohol; it typically just amplifies what we already were at our core, if sometimes unto the grotesque. Perhaps invisibility sometimes results from not comprehending one’s own emotional camouflage, like a colorblind chameleon.