Human Emotions: An Awesome Exercise for a Potentially Awesome Selfie

Now, like every great comedian and speech-writer, we’re going to Google a list of human emotions.

Actually, I’ve already done that, and I’m going to make you out, on cue, in the most caricatured, ugly, and over-expressive way possible, and take selfies while doing that. Try your best to get a solid environment and lighting situation first so that you’re not too worried about where you are in space.

If you look good in this selfies, this should be a total coincidence or a sign you’re doing something wrong.

(reasonably, you should only be able to do a few of these emotions at a time. I’d like to draw them out of a hat if I could, or do a bit of coding to randomize them).

Anger – go.

Fear – go.

Happiness – go.

Sadness – go.

Disgust – go.

Awe – go.

Boredom – go.

Amusement – go.

Envy – go.

Confusion – go.

Pride – go.

Guilt – go.

Surprise – go.

Love –go.

Anxiety – go.

Satisfaction – go.

Embarrassment – go.

Shame – go.

Interest – go.

Contempt – go.

Admiration – go.

Hatred – go.

Nostalgia – go.

Loneliness – go.

So, let’s take a look. How do you think you look? How good of an actor are you?

Are you a funny person or a serious one?

What emotions can you perform most easily?

Which ones are more difficult?

And, can you see where that may come from in your personality & life experiences?

Where do you have room to improve?

You have five minutes to write about this.

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