In the TER world, most faces are blurred or covered so body comes first. In those cases where faces are exposed, it is an important factor. Now, one topic of discussion about TER Profiles is the thin-skinny-athletic-babyfat-etc scale of things. One man's skinny is another man's athletic and the reliability of those ratings is much debated. (I always joke about adding BMI or waist-to-hip ratio as another data field.) But there is no similar rating for faces or eyes! Round, oval, pear; round, almond, deep-set; uni-brow ... So TER is mostly body.
Once in the room, I am a face guy. I love to stare at a beautiful face, usually nose-to-nose or thereabouts. I could spend all of my time "facing" but would kick myself later for not doing the other stuff.
In the real world, I look at everything!, depending on the angle of my ogling, but faces probably win out over bodies. However, I don't want to embarrass myself or the "target" of my desire to ogle so I have to get my really, really good face time in the room.
I'm thinking of someone I know in the TER world and that reveals one more aspect of our perception and expectation. Pictures: body = 10, face blurred. In person: body = 10 (or 11!), face = 9. HOWEVER, my expectation was to see a different face on that body so the first meeting was very awkward for me and her face seemed more like a 6. Don't worry - I'm over it now.
Face and body, face and body.
Go together in real life and hobby.
This I tell you, brother.
You can't have one without the other!
Edit: Frank Sinatra is to Nancy Sinatra as Billy Ray Cyrus is to Miley Cyrus ???
-- Modified on 11/11/2015 8:22:11 PM