we could never meet eye to eye as when you're facing someone. he's pupil never reflected my face nor his to mine. as are all the others were. that, i suddenly realized in his own attempt to mimic my laughable gesture of staring straight at the camera, the ridiculous attempt to give the impression that i was really looking straight at them. i've done it numerous of times and the first few times i've done it made me more comfortable to act as i may.
in front of an object, that carries no mood, never giving up its neutrality, i am far from any danger of doubt, distraction and annoyance. i have eradicated any cause for it. but at times when i wanted to have a look at, for whom my smile was being transmitted, i would have to break away from the mechanical eye and disrupt the illusion of contact for a moment. look into a small box where you can see their eyes staring at the screen where your face is stretched out in pixels. but to chance upon them with their curious eyes straight on the eyepiece, you could almost buy it for a second.
who are we kidding, kid? eyes on your book.
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Actually its like we're creating a new society wherein people are communicating and yet not looking at each other, instead looking at virtual images. Before, i find it insulting whenever i'm talking to someone and that person is not looking at me while i'm talking. But now, even I don't look at other people when they are talking or even when i'm answering back. I find it silly to always look at the webcam whenever i'm talking coz there's a feeling like i'm talking with a robot.
it feels weird. but it was an instinctive move on my part to make them feel that i really was looking right at them, and they can see the whole of my expression, but i'd have to give up my other end, be the one who do not actually see.
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