VLVL(6) Faces: Playlist Addition

[Peter Petto]

So this is what happened to Keith Richards!

At 08:56 PM 11/30/98 -0800, ( ~ ) wrote:

>>>>>>The idea that facial features correlate closely with character and 
>actions is one that has been taken seriously artisto-symbolically<<<<<
>
>Seen and Not Seen
>   --David Byrne
>
>He would see faces in movies, on T.V., in magazines, and in books....
>He thought that some of these faces might be right for him....And
>through the years, by keeping an ideal facial structure fixed in his
>mind....Or somewhere in the back of his mind....That he might, by
>force of will, cause his face to approach those of his ideal....The
>change would be very subtle....It might take ten years or so....
>Gradually his face would change its' shape....A more hooked nose...
>Wider, thinner lips....Beady eyes....A larger forehead.
>He imagined that this was an ability he shared with most other
>people....They had also molded their faced according to some
>ideal....Maybe they imagined that their new face would better
>suit their personality....Or maybe they imagined that their
>personality would be forced to change to fit the new appear-
>ance....This is why first impressions are often correct...
>Although some people might have made mistakes....They may have
>arrived at an appearance that bears no relationship to them....
>They may have picked an ideal appearance based on some childish
>whim, or momentary impulse....Some may have gotten half-way
>there, and then changed their minds.
>
>He wonders if he too might have made a similar mistake.