In this composite, I invite you to consider the title. I have often wondered about how true this is. Do our eyes themselves really reflect the emotional aspect of our souls? This piece is an experiment, one small look at a very big question, and I'm not really sure it gives a clear answer. The photo is the result of my experiment.
I asked for a student volunteer at my school. A student who has always been authentic and direct in her dealings with me came forward. I told her I was going to ask her to meditate on a particular emotion, to think of things which would generate that emotion. As she got in touch with it, she had her eyes closed and was instructed to open them when the feelings were really cookin'. At that point I took a close up pic of her face, mouth to forehead. I did this four times for each emotion (FEAR, ANGER, JOY).
Once I had the pics taken I had to decide how much of the face to include (eyebrows, mouth, forehead, the furrow lines between the eyes etc.), I decided that anything other than the eyes themselves would detract from the essential question which was about EYES. I therefore cropped the eyes the way you see and brought them closer than they actually were. I faded in some of the background to give a hint of context and that's it! Thought you might like to check it out. FYI, I think I see more of these emotions in the thumbnail than in the full size image. If that's true, what can we take from it? Comments welcomed!!