Not exact matches
Hamaguchi's artistry may be subtle, but it's unmistakable in his expressive compositional choices (with some of his uses of Ozu - like pillow shots especially disarming in the honesty they imply) and overall use of duration to invite us into his characters»
emotional spheres
while allowing us to contemplate them from a
distance.
Mona Hatoum's Measures of
Distance (1988) is a candid conversation with her mother conducted through letters sent
while in exile; the two women look back over and reconsider aspects of their relationship, the
emotional closeness belying the physical
distance between them.
For the purposes of this article, we will be discussing the use of a physical
distancing while maintaining
emotional closeness in the effort to achieve overall benefits to the relationship.
A person who perceives himself to be cool, calm, and collected might protect himself from any underlying
emotional stirrings by
distancing himself from the need for help,
while also devaluing those who see people at their most vulnerable: therapists.
While this
distance may give you a sense of security, you might also feel lonely and still desire
emotional closeness with others (your spouse, partner, friends).
Indeed, if Schönbrodt and Asendorpf (2011) have correlated behavioral measures, such as interactional actions (positive vs. negative),
emotional attribution, and physical
distance with attachment and
emotional scales, Kane et al. (2012) have correlated ad hoc measures about stress appraisal,
emotional security, and perceived responsiveness of self,
while Symons et al. (2015) utilized measures about caregiver attitudes, secure scale, and trait anxiety questionnaires.