Multiple faces

There are so many types of faces all round. Sad face, happy face, distraught face, pumped-up face - the list won't end. However, the trademark question stands - what do you mean by a face? Something like an abstract element. Right?

The technical definition from Merriam-Webster says - "The front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes." However, reality has a contemplative reasoning. The face can portray the hidden cravings on any scale. The extent is quite open-ended without any specific limits. So many types and subtypes cook up when you wish to express.

At the same time, the observational skills of the viewership is proportionally important. How others see your expressions and feel the same tend to have a major moving effect in intermediate communications. If you are a better communicator, bet you can be popular with the mass. You don't? Talk like Michael Keaton from The Other Guys (GIF - Giphy). That's what better Politicians do. Go, become a Politician if you commune nice! (I'm joking)

In our society, it's common to come across individuals with two or multiple faces. As if it seems they have a mask donned for one part of their lifetime and the real nature ventures out when the integrity gets bombarded. In the famed series La Casa de Papel, the robbers wear masks (GIF - Netflix). Everybody would assume them to be ruthless and pests of fury. It's human nature to do so. Rarely you'll think them to be a family person, someone who's good at a form of art, kind towards the society. These won't come to you usually - our programming is circuited that way.

You might be thinking if people are good, why would they need masks? Only bad people need them, right? To deceive all as being the standout citizen? Sporadically we tend to keep our identities secret just to avoid the hustle and bustle of the society. Not everyone prefers being social like you do. With time, this becomes a habit. Veteran writer Haruki Murakami tends to agree, in his novel 1Q84 - “After such prolonged frowning, it took her some moments to recall what her normal face even looked like, but after several attempts, she was able to settle on a reasonable facsimile.” It becomes a habit. A new identity - the one we prefer, we like.

The world's full of masks. You need to feel them to identify whom you ponder to bond. That's for you to decide.