The video assignment that we have participated in this week is a great way to force us to notice the less than obvious things that distinguish people from one another. We can easily tell who a person is by their appearance or even the sound of their voice, but take those things away and could you still distinguish between the individuals? From that persons own perspective, are you able to decide who is who? It is very interesting to notice things like where a person looks when interacting with others, when being forced to wait, or while walking. There are plenty of other small things like this that can easily distinguish people from one another, but they usually go unnoticed by the majority of people.
At one point in the book The Secret Life of Pronouns, Dr. Pennebaker mentions Sherlock Holmes and how his prowess as a detective was mostly because of his superb observational skills. I had to laugh laugh at that moment, because I had just been thinking of the new television Elementary featuring a modern Sherlock Holmes. The show is based around these spectacular observational skills possessed by Sherlock Holmes as a modern detective.
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