How do we connect?

I believe we all connect. Although it is impossible to ever tell what another person is experiencing in their own mind we can infer it by their behaviour.

When you look at me with those eyes I know exactly what you are thinking. When A person walks into the room in a bad mood the whole atmosphere changes. People sense each others feelings, some better than others. Some people sense other peoples feelings but choose not to act on them. Feelings, desires, stress, thoughts, emotions these are all shown through physical behaviour....I fucking love people, I want to know their feelings, desires, stresses, thoughts and emotions I try to connect...

Our senses are the gateway to connection, sound, smell, touch, movement, speech, language, taste. Our bodies are what we exist in, so how do we use them to connect? I tried not speaking for a day last week to investigate how language plays a part in connection. This was very difficult and I found myself using movement and my body - like a huge game of charades to communicate. I believe this heightened my other senses such as hearing I herd things I would never usually take notice of such as passing cars and footsteps. Speech is easy to pinpoint as a form of connection between two consciouses, however, things such as body language often come subconsciously.

Over the course of this project (and during life in general) I want to try and connect with as many people as possible in a positive way, I may try and record how I felt about the interaction(s).

I am also interested in not so positive interactions such as violence and fighting, although I don't agree with it there is something so animal like about it.

I find it interesting how people enjoy being in crowds all for one 'cause' wether it be to listen to music, support a pressure group, celebrate a carnival, dance or cause a riot. There is something comforting to me about being with people who all support the same 'cause' its as if the group all have a shared consciousness and empathy with each other.

People are drawn together by some magnetic force wether it be to beat the shit out of each other or to dance the night away in a crowded warehouse...