On a deep, perhaps unfathomable, level we find a link between emotions in others and their aesthetic.
Eckhard Hess tested this, by showing subjects apparently identical pictures of young women. Which, he asked, was preferred, A or B?
There was a catch. The pictures weren't quite identical. Hess had manipulated them so that the pupils of the woman in picture A had been slightly enlarged to appear dilated.
Guess what? The subjects overwhelmingly preferred picture A.
The preference was created because the woman in picture A was, apparently, exhibiting love. More than once in my life, I have fallen prey to "come to bed" eyes. The same thing as on show here.
What's also striking is that some other emotions are reported with a wholly different aesthetic. "Ugly scenes" normally refer to violence and anger, and is an oft used cliché to describe this.
Be warned, therefore. If you want to be beautiful, act beautiful, think beautiful, feel and appreciate the beauty of others. This seems to be the implicit message.
For guidance, beautiful = loving, kind, compassionate, caring.
Ugly = hating, unkind, merciless, uncaring.
Worth thinking about!
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