Nonverbal communication can convey a message more clearly than speech

Evidence

I continued to imagine what he was thinking about as I looked in his direction. Then the jeep’s engine signaled our imminent departure, ending our silent exchange. In the spirit of his lofty name, the little boy was passing on a message. A message delivered without uttering a single word and without written testament, articulated lucidly and wholly with his eyes. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 95

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the deep-listening theme: meaning carried in silence and gaze rather than sound. — connects to: Expressive conduct is understood directly, original to perception, not by analogy — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 905; Conversational level sinks to the least refined participant present — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 191; Nonverbal cues convey another’s consciousness beyond deliberate communication. — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures: The Virtual…, 63 (+1 more)