thoughts are spoken
without a single word
eyes tell stories


Although it is very difficult for patients afflicted with aphasia to form words, their facial expressions can say a lot. Particularly, they can communicate their thoughts by looking at you with a firm stare. This is not to say that their eyes alone are capable of such a level of expression. Rather, it is though using the expressive muscles around their mouth, cheeks, eyebrows and forehead that they can communicate so effectively by looking at someone.


目で語る言葉出ずとも伝わる思い

め で かたる　ことば でず とも　つたわる おもい



失語症の患者さんは言葉をうまく紡ぎ出すことが難しいですが、表情は豊かです。特に目でじっと見つめて意思を伝えようとされます。目自体が表情を作るわけでなく、口元や頬、眉やおでこなど顔面にある表情筋が表情を作っているのに、目をみると、なぜだか感情が一直線に伝わってきます。





– Fujisaki Yukiyo
– English by Chay Schiller