If everyone’s high school was the set of a movie, I would have been a background actor. But, that background actor gesturing far more broadly than the director wants.
Self awareness is the death of pure art. The best of everything comes from sheer inspiration, and not from trying to please the crowd.
Or maybe I’m just full of shit.
I think what made me so astute at reading non-verbal communication was an entire childhood of constantly looking for the tiniest hint of approval in my dad’s body language.