The Faces of Emotion: 3 Frames

    A dog, in human form (person wearing a dog mask), is treated like garbage by its human owner (wearing a mask), This owner believes she has the right to treat the dog in an inhumane way; this person shows contempt. Facial features of a contempt person like the tightening of a corner of the mouth, and a head moving away from the source of contempt cover the mask.

     The dog stands there before the human as an equal, but the human won’t take that. This human stares at the dog with nothing but contempt, showing scorn, disdain, and a snobbish attitude. The owner stands in her messy room with clothes all over the place, garbage all over the room, and a bed that has yet to be made, looking snobbish, holding a box of cereal not giving a thought to her poor dog staring up at her with hunger in it’s eyes. Instead the owner responds to her dog with anger for daring to even beg for food, and orders the dog to sit.  The poor dog obediently crouches in fear, and sits down, looking up to his owner.

In front of the camera the back of a head covers most of the frame. Facial features on the back of this persons head like lowered eyebrows, an open mouth with the upper lip raised, and narrowed eyes are glued to the back of this persons head; this unknown observer is showing disgust. She is feeling revolution to what has just happened before her.  Watching the dog owner show contempt towards the dog feels sickening to the disapproving observer

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