As I have been talking about seeing the world anthropomorphically in an earlier post .for example I mainly mentioned as in seeing  the front of a house like   a face especially the windows and doors it came through my mind that the places in the body where things pass in and out are very important in Freudian thought..But he did not include the eyes or ears.After the mouth it was the sexual and excretory organs which he focused on.The back of our house did have a door into a little yard where we had a toilet…but I never thought of the house as having a bottom where unneeded stuff is eliminated…. so the analogy does not work so well

Now in some fairly recent writing there is developing more thought about the relationship  of mother and child by vision which is a “distant” contact unlike sucking  milk.But it’s very important and in my child’s mind the eyes of the house ,that is the windows were the most significant feature.

Gaze… the loving gaze of another,or even a loving smile in a photograph can be so heart warming..And of course,there is the gaze of the Gorgon which turns people to stone.I am sure we all know something about the horrible and harmful gaze,the glaring eyes,the judging eyes.I will put a link here later because I was reading that some people are so traumatized by such a cruel gaze in early life they become afraid of going out.to  a lesser extent teenagers become very sensitive to their appearance and fear not being dressed suitably.For women this continues when they attend special events.

 

So the eyes of others can bring joy or woe though  that may be based on fantasy… what we imagine people think.

So put  on something really weird today and boldly go where no one has gone before…

into Church wearing a bearskin rug and a lampshade…take your phone too in case you need your solicitor ..

Fear gaze no more…alas people are not so interested on the whole.and try not to glare at people.Some people have very penetrating eyes so please if you have send me a photo and I shall give you a score…… with the Gorgon being 10 and a baby being 0…After that you may decide to wear sunglasses all the time

And  a question…. can a house have a gaze like a Gorgon?