Controversial Face Readings — Look Again at Palin
September 1st, 2008 by Rose Rosetree
Reading faces can be controversial for many reasons. One is simply learning how to look at unusual facial characteristics, such as asymmetry, the difference between left and right.
Recently we’ve had a bit of controversy at this blog over my characterization of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s mouth as crooked. A finely trained artist took to measuring photos with straight edge and triangle. Actually, a face reader like me uses facial segments, not inches or centimeters.
Some tools are at my disposal for cropping and flipping photographs, so here I would like to show you what I meant when I called attention to smile asymmetry in a recent article. Take our your eyes, Blog-Buddies. And bring your eyelashes for blinking so you can do double and triple takes, all to your heart’s content. Read More »


