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Describing the faces that people are making during a conversation can be difficult. He nodded, she pursed her lips -- those are easy, but I'm talking about the more subtle expressions. In the cas...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:06:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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IchabodE
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2019-12-08T06:06:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
Describing the faces that people are making during a conversation can be difficult. He nodded, she pursed her lips -- those are easy, but I'm talking about the more subtle expressions. In the case of what I'm writing now, I'm trying to convey that pouty, pulled down corner-of-the-mouth expression that a person will get when they are expressing that they are surprised, but impressed. In the interest of 'showing, not telling', I don't want to say, "an expression that said, ‘Not bad’". More generally, **is there any collected 'Dictionary of Facial Expressions' or other resource, online or in print?** I feel that it would be very useful, since I run into this problem all the time, and I don't think I'm alone.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-02-13T00:47:17Z (almost 8 years ago)
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