"During the pandemic Zoom era, I discovered a gap between what I thought I was conveying and how poker-faced I actually looked on screen. I learned self-awareness of the nuances in energy level, pacing, volume, and other aspects I formerly only thought of as musical elements. In the fictional world of A Face Like Glass, citizens have lost their natural facial expressions, and they have to train to put on an expression."
"As a pianist, I always have "one ear out in the audience" for an objective awareness of what is being expressed and how many of my signals are landing -in terms of intent, volume, energy, or competing distractions. Like performing, everyday communication is a skill set of signalling facts, emotions, intensity, and pacing to others. The feeling of sincerity increases with predictable consistency."
Balancing sincerity and drama requires conscious control of energy, pacing, volume, and facial expression to ensure internal states map to external signals. Screen-centric communication during the pandemic exposed a gap between intended expression and how people appear on video. Loss of natural facial expression and preference for text or Discord among younger generations erodes sensory, in-person connection. Music provides a potent channel to revive expressive capacity and cue empathy. Cultural awareness about who is communicating with whom matters for emotional influence in work, music, and personal life. Consistent, steady pacing, relaxed tone, and simple gestures increase perceived authenticity.
Read at Psychology Today
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