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August 17th 2007 01:56

Visage. The curious beauty of the face. The eyes, the ears, the nose, the mouth, the hair, the complexion, the profile, the gaze. Symmetry vs. asymmetry. I’m a sucker for a pretty face. But I do love a face with character.

Faces are, generally, what attracts us to another person. The face is what lures us in or distracts us. The eyes are called the windows of the soul. The shape of the nose, the way the lips curl, the edge of the chin, the prominence of the cheek, the colour of the skin … all of these elements add up to what the beholder finds either pleasing or displeasing to the eye.

In Desmond Morris’s brilliant book on human behaviour called Manwatching, two virtually identical photos of a woman’s face are side by side. The caption asks which face you find yourself more attracted to. The text then goes on to say that a survey found that most people choose the face on the left. Why? The woman’s pupils are more dilated, larger, and apparently this “openness” unconsciously attracts a person staring into the face.

I remember at a ski resort waiting in a queue for the lifts, admiring two girls from behind my mask, both of whom looked very attractive, yet had large ski goggles on. One of them took off her ski mask and revealed gorgeous almond eyes, the other then removed hers, and her appearance was radically different, nowhere near as pretty!

Can you guess which young New York actor's mugshot this is?

Funny how eyes can completely change a face, which is why police files can cover just the eyes in a black strip and ultimately disguise the person’s identity. And why is that with police mug shots people often look quite different than how they usually appear?

When we smile apparently we only use four muscles, yet when we frown we use sixteen. So of course, we are encouraged to smile more, because, even if some of us do look cute when we're angry, at the end of the day smiling is less exhausting. And, let's face it, a smile really can light up a room.

Curiously though most of my facial aesthetics for Style of Eye lie more in the deadpan expression, the ever-so-slight brood, or the subtle cum-hither gaze ...

My lover’s visage is gorgeousness personified. But of these particular faces, many of them enhanced by skilled photography, I do find my red-blooded maleness inexorably drawn to the exotic allure of all those high cheek-boned, full-lipped women; Tabatha Cash, Pania Rose, Gia Carangi, Natalie Imbruglia, Laura Gemser, Sophie Ellis Bexter, Andrea Corr.

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Comment by Anonymous

August 17th 2007 03:01

A beautiful post.
Literally and aesthetically.

You certainly do have an eye for faces Raoul. Even if, they are, as you say;

enhanced by skilled photography

They are all simply radiating sensuality.
...and I love that you have Aishwarya Rai there...

Comment by Tracy

August 17th 2007 03:15

Movies and Life

Your posts are beautiful and informative, I really like the combination.

Tracy

Comment by Raoul Duke

August 17th 2007 05:10

Style of Eye

Anon, yes indeed "radiating sensuality" they do ... and thank you for the kind words!

Tracy, I aim to please, and pleased that my aim is beautifully straight and enlightening!

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 10th 2008 02:56

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i like the look of Aishwarya Rai . . . oh and Sinead O'Connor is a fantastic choice, she has one of the prettiest faces ever but i only really realised how pretty it was when i said her in a wig once, her baldness is so dominating!

also i like the word "visage" - very professional!

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