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A new angle on Alma's eyes--Anyone know NLP??
newyearsday:
Hey y'all,
This morning on the subway as I lifted my eyes slowly and reminded myself of Alma's sad, far-off look--the one she has when Ennis leaves for another trip without saying goodbye--a new thought struck me. There is a system of assessment and self-understanding called Neuro Linguistic Programming, or NLP for short. It's complex and includes a lot about our ways of filtering information and learning (some people are visual learners vs. auditory learners, for example). But one of the neat things about it is that it claims we can gleen information about the different types of thought or emotion people are experiencing according to where their eyes drift as they are thinking/feeling.
So, I wondered, if anyone around here is an NLP person, they might have some insight into what's going on inside Alma as her eyes shift from center-down to center-straight ahead/long focus. I mean, I think we can tell a LOT from just the look in her eye, but this is a slightly new angle on that scene.
Is Juan around? Maybe he's heard of this. I'll post it on the main section too in case others know something. I think Jack might have a tendency to look sideways but I'm not sure.
Just glad to have something new to contribute! :) :)
Ellemeno:
Hi Jenny, you just told everything I know about NLP, but I have thought about this too, with respect to Ennis. There are two times I've notice that he turns his head very much to the right, and looks off into the distance, clearly thinking of Jack - once with Timmy laying asphalt, and the other when he is talking to Alma Jr. about her upcoming wedding. Can anyone think of more examples of this kind of thing?
YaadPyar:
I have been on the recieving end of some NLP techniques, with great benefit, I might add, but not enough to comment about any of this. It's fascinating stuff really.
JUANNNNNNN! Where are you? Can you help?
newyearsday:
Great examples Elle. I also thought of how Ennis looks clearly to the left when he's in the phone booth.
A new thing to look for and track--yay!
Well, I just found this link after googling "NLP eye movement meanings"
http://www.smartdriving.co.uk/Misc_pages/Eye_accessing.htm
it talks about how looking down and left is about accessing something emotional, and looking up and left is accessing something visual like a memory.
So, is Alma looking more to the left or just straight down and then up? That would be important info. I think it's a little to the left. If so, then she might be feeling something first and then remembering a visual from the past? The way things used to be? I don't know, maybe that's too much conjecture.
opinionista:
--- Quote from: newyearsday on June 09, 2006, 11:56:56 am ---Great examples Elle. I also thought of how Ennis looks clearly to the left when he's in the phone booth.
A new thing to look for and track--yay!
Well, I just found this link after googling "NLP eye movement meanings"
http://www.smartdriving.co.uk/Misc_pages/Eye_accessing.htm
it talks about how looking down and left is about accessing something emotional, and looking up and left is accessing something visual like a memory.
So, is Alma looking more to the left or just straight down and then up? That would be important info. I think it's a little to the left. If so, then she might be feeling something first and then remembering a visual from the past? The way things used to be? I don't know, maybe that's too much conjecture.
--- End quote ---
This is interesting but remember that in this case it may not be accurate because Alma is not real, it's Michelle acting. I met someone a long time ago who told me something about NLP (i think it was NLP) but I didn't understand it. But it's interesting though.
UPDATE
I just remembered that it was one of the topics in one of my class at school. It didn't ring a bell before because I knew the term in Spanish. In fact I have a few books about it. I'll look them up later.
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