IOLW08_S2_(2019) -ma- (PROCESS)

THEME
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Pause - Stillness - Emptiness

METHOD
I made the graphics in Illustrator and  the animation in Ae.

RESPONSE
I was thinking how our body reacts to certain circumstances and about the strength that looks have. Some people even think that in each person's eyes you can see the soul and the truth. 

When I got to the part of making the eyes I researched a little about the reactions of the pupils, and I found it very interesting to think about how they not only help us to see in different environments (light and dark), but also react to emotional situations. For example, when we are concentrated, the pupils usually expanded (dilated), when we have mental overload they get constricted. Depending on the size of our pupils, we will be more or less interested in what someone is telling us or something we are seeing, if we like our pupils they expand, but if on the contrary we dislike them, the pupils constrict. In 1977 The psychologists Blanco and Maltzman made a study in which they observed how the state of the pupils of the participants changed as they listened to fragments of three books: one erotic, another about a mutilation and the third neutral. At first, his pupils widened upon hearing the three stories (we usually show interest in something new), but they only remained dilated when they heard the passage about mutilation and erotic, while with the neutral they gradually constrict to, as they lost interest.

REFLECTION
I enjoyed this experiment a lot since finally I could do something with a different subject as nature, but it was very frustrating because I was trying to make the eyes to blink, following some tutorials, but it never worked.

Refs
https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2014-11-25/tus-pupilas-dicen-mucho-10-mensajes-que-se-revelan-a-traves-de-los-ojos_481507/