Eyes meet, people realize they're making contact and sometimes it feels good--and other times it may not. Then there is the simple experience of walking down the street. Considering the power of eye contact, it is striking that sex in the. Were faces uplifted and animated, or did everyone stare awkwardly at their plate. In other circumstances, the impact may be different; some of us, for example, have experienced the sizzle of "electric" eye contact with a stranger across the room.

Standing near someone in an elevator, most of us watch the floor numbers light up, rather than make eye contact. Or was eye contact avoided at all costs, especially in relation to some family members.

Turning Up the Emotional and Erotic Heat Eye contact can be very powerful-and it is very telling. What did the eye contact (or avoidance) signify. Consider some circumstances where eye contact, or lack of, may convey something about what is going on. Recall, for instance, your family dinners when you were a kid. This is especially true if one feels "undressed" or violated by the person looking at them and is offended, even though nothing physical actually happened. Was eye contact natural and comforting.

Eye contact in a confined space with a stranger feels too intimate.