Body Language
Body language is one of the most fascinating things around and is defined as communication by the movements or attitudes of the body. Why talk about this?
Here’s why . . .
The other day, I watched two deaf people signing to each other and it was very clear by one of the folks fearsome signing to the other that she was pissed as hell. It was all over her face, in the way she clipped out her angry hands as she signed, and I could see the guy she was signing to backing slowly away so as not to get attacked by pissed off hands and angry body language. It was utterly fascinating to watch, though truly I was eavesdropping because I do know some sign language. I won’t share what she was pissed off about but she was in her own right, I can assure you.
Going further with it, I stopped off at the liquor store the other day and walked in on Robert, the friendly liquor store clerk, laughing his ass off at something he was looking down at on the counter. Once I got what I needed, I walked up to the counter and said, “What’s so damn funny over here, Robert?” He grabs the small newspaper he was looking at and says, “Get a load of the recently arrested in our county.” As I looked at what he was talking about, there on the first page was a mug shot of a guy I had gone to high school with!
I sat my item on the counter and continued to thumb through my small town’s most wanted and evidently caught criminals. They had bad check writers, child porn folks, DUI’S, rape, theft, etc., etc. One of the things I immediately noticed under the rape section of mug shots was that two of the dudes there had their chins up in the air as if their shit didn’t stink and they’d rape again if you dared them. It pissed me the hell off! Another dude was freaking smiling for the camera as if to say, “I love rape, bring it on.” WTF!!
I looked at Robert, who is an ex-cop, and said, “What do you notice about these two with their chins in the air?” Robert looked at me in all seriousness and said, “It’s guys like that that I’d like to kick some ass for their arrogance. And that guy smiling right there, I’d kick his ass too because who in the hell smiles for a damn mug shot for rape?!”
Exactly! What kind of punk ass are you to rape, get caught, and smile for the damn camera, you stupid piece of crap?!
I cannot tell you how many times I have pissed off someone via text for something that I innocently sent with no knowledge that it would actually tick them off.
My point is technology is causing body language to be on the list of lost arts and let me tell y’all something, body language is key in full understanding and essential in communication. Am I right?
Although body language is essential for communication boy can it piss me off when I’d be in yet another argument/fight with my ex and he’d get that ‘look’ on his face or he’d point at me to make his point or better yet, get right up in my face so his nasty breath was all over my precious face. I just wanted to blurt out, “Back your body language up sir cuz it’s screaming at me and brush your damn teeth to boot.” Boy howdy, that man could and still does piss me the hell off!
Although technology is awesome it really is, there are arts that are being lost to it such as cursive, sitting on your neighbor’s porch having a sweet ice tea talking about the weather, playing outside, exercising, and body language is slowly making its way on that list.
Embrace technology but don’t forget about the humanness of life. People need each other!
Love y’all!! ♥
