There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face

"There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face"


It raises the simple question - can we really know what is going on in one's head from their external expressions. The expression - "He's an open book", would lead one to believe that it is possible to tell a person's thoughts from their facial expression. But I beg to argue that it will be only a partial understanding of the intricate details that flood the mind.


To decipher one's thought is an art, not a science. Thoughts are ever changing, they are always compounded by events of daily life. The word "construction" clearly gives us an idea that things are being built constantly in our mind's. The mind never rests. For some we wish our minds could just take a break, but they never do.



A memory about an experience you had when you were 5 years old is compounded by the various happenings of your life since that time. Whatever thoughts you have now about that memory have evolved into something either very small or very big.


I have heard many say that the most spectacular part of the human body is the brain - more precisely the mind. Scientists are fascinated with the mind. To an extent we "lay" people are also fascinated with what goes on in the minds of other people and we tend to spend a significant amount of time trying to figure that out. Ever notice how we "try to figure it out" rather than just asking a person - "What's on your mind?" Not that anything could really be "on" your mind but rather "in" your mind, but we all get the gist.


I believe that we could no sooner be able to find or even understand the things within one's mind than we could ever really "read" facial expressions.