Making faces outta words!
I’m answering the prayers of my very good friend Ricky. He had been for quite a while pestering me to post a snap of mine. I was snubbing his request for a long time. Then, suddenly I started to ponder over the idea of visualizing the face of a person from his/her writings. Going back in to the past, we used to have a course called ‘Engineering Design’ in our B.Tech curriculum. It was one of the courses that I enjoyed doing the most. We would be required to draw the 2D side, top and the front views of a 3D object (generally a machine part) and the vice versa i.e. drawing the 3D image from the given side, top and front views. We had problems initially visualizing a 3D object but as we attended more classes, we became adept in doing so. I still try to rip apart objects in different views in my mind. It gives me a satisfaction that I remember something that I had learnt in my college days.
Coming back to the subject, I’ve heard that the human brain is the best television. But I still cannot believe if it would be 100% possible to imagine the face of a person from his writings. But to some degree, I firmly believe that it is very much possible to visualize the lifestyle, the person’s way of dressing and his/her attitude towards life from the way he/she writes. But unless we compare the visualized image with reality, there is no way we could validate the accuracy of our visualization.
Under the pretext of the emotional trauma that Ricky should have undergone trying to visualize my face, I’m posting my picture below (hey, Ricky - I'm just pulling your leg :)). Let’s see how many of you would have imagined such a face! I’ve always assumed that the cartoon in my profile resembled my actual countenance. Hope you guys concur with me too :)
I’m answering the prayers of my very good friend Ricky. He had been for quite a while pestering me to post a snap of mine. I was snubbing his request for a long time. Then, suddenly I started to ponder over the idea of visualizing the face of a person from his/her writings. Going back in to the past, we used to have a course called ‘Engineering Design’ in our B.Tech curriculum. It was one of the courses that I enjoyed doing the most. We would be required to draw the 2D side, top and the front views of a 3D object (generally a machine part) and the vice versa i.e. drawing the 3D image from the given side, top and front views. We had problems initially visualizing a 3D object but as we attended more classes, we became adept in doing so. I still try to rip apart objects in different views in my mind. It gives me a satisfaction that I remember something that I had learnt in my college days.
Coming back to the subject, I’ve heard that the human brain is the best television. But I still cannot believe if it would be 100% possible to imagine the face of a person from his writings. But to some degree, I firmly believe that it is very much possible to visualize the lifestyle, the person’s way of dressing and his/her attitude towards life from the way he/she writes. But unless we compare the visualized image with reality, there is no way we could validate the accuracy of our visualization.
Under the pretext of the emotional trauma that Ricky should have undergone trying to visualize my face, I’m posting my picture below (hey, Ricky - I'm just pulling your leg :)). Let’s see how many of you would have imagined such a face! I’ve always assumed that the cartoon in my profile resembled my actual countenance. Hope you guys concur with me too :)
PS: I'm removing the snap..It's been long enough here :)
7 Comments:
I'm glad Ricky! I know which cartoon character you have in your mind :) But it actually resembles my profile pic rather than my pic :)
The cartoon does resemble you, Naveen!
Your profile pic does look a lil bit like you. :D
Its difficult to visualise someone from the way they write. You can definitely figure out their attitude, etc. but when it comes to the face its pretty much a blank.
I think its impossible to visualise a face from writings..
i agree with Shikha, one can visualize faces from someone's writing...i imagine voices even, somtimes..well now we know how you look so we dont have to 'imagine' anymore... :)
and uhmm yes...your display picture does resemble you...which is cool!
$AFJ - Yea.. it does :)
$Ramblings - I'm glad that I was realistic in choosing the cartoon for my profile :)
I dont think we would have a blank face in our minds, we would try to relate the person with some familiar person who has similar characteristics..dont we?
$Shikha - I know it is impossible to visualize the exact face..but we would certainly have some pic in our minds..dont u think so?
$Nothings Aplenty - I'm glad that I relieved you of imagining my face..:) he he
$Anju :)
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