I look away from people in the theater when they change. Is it a bar against temptation, an attempt at maintaining polite civility, or simply fear of a bad reputation?<\/p>\n
I look away from my code at the series I’m watching so infrequently. Why have it on at all, or at least visible?<\/p>\n
I look away from my costars onstage when the eye contact gets too intimate. I look back, but the moment’s broken. Am I afraid? I don’t think so. It’s those moments when I feel like I’m too still and thus, somehow, uninvested. I need training.<\/p>\n
I look away from my dogs on purpose when I enter the house. This supposedly makes me their alpha. It has not worked all that well, I don’t think.<\/p>\n
I look away from the screen where I’m writing in the vain hope that some thing on my desk will give me inspiration.<\/p>\n
I look away from The Witcher when I play it, during the conversations. The story is engaging, but there’s not much reason to watch the automatons onscreen go through looped motion capture which belies no actual acting. It’s interesting that bad movement is everywhere.<\/p>\n
I look away from people when I dance with them. I cannot be free in their eyes.<\/p>\n
I look away from fights I’ve choreographed to listen to them, but I should do it more. I’m so focused on storytelling and audio, yet I don’t score my fights very well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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