" What Your Face Says About You "
CELINE ANDERSON
In 2013 , Cosmopolitan published an article called , “ What Your Facial Features are Saying .” The article began : “ Hot off the heels of a study that revealed whether you ’ re a fling or wife-y material , we wanted to know more about what our eyes , nose , mouth , etc ., are telling the world ” and featured pictures of traits and what they may indicate about peoples ’ personalities . I wondered if this article is asking the wrong question . Perhaps instead of : What do our faces say to the world ? We should be asking : What does the world say about our faces ? I sat down with six women and photographed their features in isolation . We talked about selfies , make-up , family , the Kardashians . I framed the pictures with images of the sky , something that , for me , immediately evokes memories of girlhood and a carefree state . In listening to everyone ’ s different experiences , I ’ ve found that what people say to us about our “ eyes , nose , mouth , etc .,” and where we choose to go from there can be a revealing and useful tool for self discovery and self acceptance .
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