Sunday, February 15, 2009

Being Like Mona Lisa

Scientists analyzed the famous painting and concluded that the sum of all the emotions across her face (in her eyes, lips, etc.) were about 17 percent negative and 83 percent positive. Tying to the last post, perhaps that is part of Mona Lisa's appeal - a subliminal expression that it's okay to feel negative sometimes, against a backdrop of generally positive feelings.

- From Ed Diener

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