Smiling with my Eyes

These days it can be hard to read someone’s emotions when they are wearing a mask. Some people say that this may be the new normal, for a while at least. A short song about just that subject; how can we transmit good feeling through the obstruction of a cloth over our mouth? Our brains are programmed to mine meaning and feeling from others’ faces. One more thing to pay attention to, in what we see and in what we do.

Here are some quotes about smiling, and information about the Duchenne smile. Basically, a true smile is hard to fake because of the way it is reflected beyond one’s mouth.

Thanks to Heather for the video.

Smiling with my eyes.

 

I’m smiling with my eyes

So you can tell

Underneath this mask

My mouth smiles as well.

Let a little love

And light shine through.

I’m smiling with my eyes

So you realize

I like you.

 

Blue as sky or black as coal

The eyes are the window to the soul

 

Here I am. And there you are.

A smile makes the distance not so far.

Let a little love

And light shine through.

I’m smiling with my eyes

So you realize

I like you.

 

© Stuart Stotts 2020