In the circles in which I these days
move,
no-one is especially concerned, whether they are being “looked-at”,
nor by whom,
nor in what way.
This is a refreshing feature (one of many) of working with
guys who are more concerned (though not overly
concerned) with whether they’re being, not "looked" at, but shot
at by some muj -- which they
sometimes are. (Hey, it
happens.)
But there are cultures, and subpopulations, that are very
concerned with such things, very concerned indeed. The muj
themselves, to name but one. And even
in the West, such concerns have led to legislation, which we noticed here:
~
I was reminded of this, while casually reading in Ernst Fischer’s memoir of another
time and clime, recalling those who sported “eine farbige Mütze … ihr Gesicht, von Schmissen durchfurcht … den sorgsam
gepflegten Narben rühmlicher
Mensuren”, and who, on this occasion or that, imagined that someone had looked at them funny:
« Mein Herr! Sie haben
mich fixiert. Sind Sie satisfaktionsfähig? » Ich weiß nicht, ob in
diesem « fixiert » die Urangst vor
dem bösen Blick versteckt.
Erinnerungen und Reflexionen (1969), p. 91
(“Der böse Blick”: al-`ayn.)
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