Ironically, it’s the absence of words on a page that makes people read the words.
It’s the white space between these lines that makes you want to read the next one.
Designers call this “visual rest.”
We could stand to do this more in conversation:
add
a
little
white
space.
When it comes to two people in a room, we need conversations, not soliloquies.
And if there are three of you in that room and one is doing all the talking, while they go on with their yap, stop and look at the other person.
No eye-rolling, just eye contact.
And not a glance, something longer than that, hold it there and stay with them. You’re in the same boat.
The eyes can say a lot — they can whisper and they can scream — particularly during a shared experience.
If you truly want to connect with someone, if you want them to come back to you with something new, don’t fill the space.
Create it.