Eyes
The face's principal instrument of expression, often the focus of etiquette and worship within Body Worship traditions.
Definition
The Eyes are treated within many Body Worship, service and protocol traditions as an important focus of etiquette and attention — through eye contact, downcast gaze, permitted or forbidden looking and prescribed manner of regard. Practices around the eyes are often finely negotiated.
Historical background
Eye etiquette has a long presence in courtly, monastic and service traditions and has been adapted within modern high-protocol practice.
Discussion
Communities and Houses differ significantly in eye etiquette. Newcomers are typically advised to observe and ask.