Can you smile with your eyes?

I can’t. I tried. I look like an idiot, a drunk, a total crazy-ass bag lady. I hate photos of myself enough as it is.

Smile with my eyes? I can smile with my whole face but seems that’s wrong. It’s all in the eyes.

Or maybe in the airbrushing. Not sure. I really don’t get it. Looks to me like she’s sorta flirting with the camera. Maybe that’s it. Flirting with the camera.

From my perspective a real smile is nothing more or less than a genuine smile, one that reaches the eyes. Makes ‘em crinkle.

Can you smile with your eyes?

In the meantime - Have a wonderful, happy, joyous week. Love well, laugh often. Julia

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10 Responses to Can you smile with your eyes?

  1. Roberta says:

    You’ve got to be kidding me!!! This is nuts. If anything, that was a bad try at flirting. Either that or gas.

  2. I read an article about taking your best photos, Roberta, and it said smile with your eyes. The examples just looked to me as if the people in the photos were squinting. Not sure squinting is the same as smiling with your eyes! ;)

  3. yoshi says:

    I think she went semi almost cross eyed there. Maybe that’s the key. That and embarrassing sexual comments made the instant before the pic is snapped.

  4. Amber Skyze says:

    Happy Thanksgiving, J.

  5. anny cook says:

    If you’re happy, then you smile all over…:D

  6. I agree, Anny. Like a dog!

  7. Maybe, Yoshi. I think she’s a little cross-eyed anyway!

  8. I’d add one to Roberta’s bad flirting or gas-it’s what girls used to try in middle school when they wanted to make other girls nervous-the mesmerizing stare. Or maybe it was just astigmatism.
    But definitely not smiling eyes.

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