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I’m noticing people on TV, particularly the sports commentators for American football and the World Cup (at the moment), doing quite a bit of talking with their hands. You know what I mean? They cannot stand still and just voice their thoughts. They have to wave and swing their arms about as they speak loudly to the lights and cameras. …But, why?
I keep drifting back to things I’ve heard in the past.
When I was a kid, there was always some rule about when to speak, how to sit, stand, etc. And, more often than not, I was always in the wrong. Someone had to remind me. Someone had to put it to rhyme or in a “cleverly” coded PSA (public service announcement, like those ads for not smoking, not littering, drunk driving, etc.).
As an adult, “entering the workforce,” I was then told to “quiet” myself in interviews and whenever speaking with higher authorities. Don’t move any part of the body, maintain eye contact and speak with confidence. [As if.]
Why is it now seem okay if not encouraged for people on TV to talk with their bodies, especially their forearms? Why are people on camera so “loud?”
Some would say…what else are they going to do with themselves? They’re on camera. They have to be doing something…or they’d look stiff, just talking.
Others, with some knowledge of astrology, might wonder, like I do, if those people aren’t “Gemini-rising” types. I’ve read/heard a Gemini rising sign makes you want to talk with your hands (as well as act/be a performer). [I happen to have that rising sign. I cannot admit to being a very avid “hand talker.” But, yes, occasionally, my hands leap up when I talk…and it makes me very uncomfortable in job-interview situations. Are my hands talking? Am I being too “loud” or quiet? Bah!]
So, what is it, really? Tell me, ye who talks with your hands. Why do you do it? I must know. I must understand why some can be so “loud” with their hands and bodies when so many others have pressured me to “quiet” myself.
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When Is Talking with Your Hands Okay?
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I’m noticing people on TV, particularly the sports commentators for American football and the World Cup (at the moment), doing quite a bit of talking with their hands. You know what I mean? They cannot stand still and just voice their thoughts. They have to wave and swing their arms about as they speak loudly to the lights and cameras. …But, why?
I keep drifting back to things I’ve heard in the past.
When I was a kid, there was always some rule about when to speak, how to sit, stand, etc. And, more often than not, I was always in the wrong. Someone had to remind me. Someone had to put it to rhyme or in a “cleverly” coded PSA (public service announcement, like those ads for not smoking, not littering, drunk driving, etc.).
As an adult, “entering the workforce,” I was then told to “quiet” myself in interviews and whenever speaking with higher authorities. Don’t move any part of the body, maintain eye contact and speak with confidence. [As if.]
Why is it now seem okay if not encouraged for people on TV to talk with their bodies, especially their forearms? Why are people on camera so “loud?”
Some would say…what else are they going to do with themselves? They’re on camera. They have to be doing something…or they’d look stiff, just talking.
Others, with some knowledge of astrology, might wonder, like I do, if those people aren’t “Gemini-rising” types. I’ve read/heard a Gemini rising sign makes you want to talk with your hands (as well as act/be a performer). [I happen to have that rising sign. I cannot admit to being a very avid “hand talker.” But, yes, occasionally, my hands leap up when I talk…and it makes me very uncomfortable in job-interview situations. Are my hands talking? Am I being too “loud” or quiet? Bah!]
So, what is it, really? Tell me, ye who talks with your hands. Why do you do it? I must know. I must understand why some can be so “loud” with their hands and bodies when so many others have pressured me to “quiet” myself.