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October 13, 2005
Gestures
In the past few days I have been analyzing the gestures I see as much as possible. The thing that struck me most was how much we use our hands and bodies to gesture when telling a story.
For example, I just finished telling my roomate, Sarah, how a man fell on me on the T. (A man did fall on me on the T, by the way.) Anyways, I used gestures to tell the entire story, to explain where I was standing, where the man was standing, where my friend was standing, how he fell, how we both got up, etc. Similar to Emmy's experience, I think the story would have been horribly incomplete if I had not attempted to recreate the scene for Sarah. Simply explaining it through words would probably not convey the story as well. Although I think that words can do alot, gestures certainly enhance what words can do for us. Thus, I would like to propose another purpose of gestures: to recreate a scene or a story.
Posted by lciscotis at October 13, 2005 10:34 PM
Comments
That is a good thought about another purpose of gestures- but I don't think that is any different than general speaking or describing something. It is true that when telling a story or recreating a scene that we may emphasize things more or create a story with our gestures, but I do not think that is any different from just speaking.
Just my thoughts..
Posted by: Lauren Searls at October 14, 2005 12:06 AM