Mannerism

Mannerism according to The Oxford Compact English Dictionary :
1. a habitual gesture or way of speaking etc.
2. a excessive use of a distinctive style in art or literature. b a stylistic trick.

In the meanwhile, mannerism according to Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus :
[n] peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts…

Mannerism’s derive from the word of manner which mean person’s behaviour.
Nowadays, mannerism is taking an important part of our social life.
Mannerism has become one of many ways that people use to determine what kind of person he/she is dealing with.
Indirectly, mannerism establish a set of trace or impression about the person/subject.

For some people, mannerism is not a big deal or they do not taking it seriously.
They behave as they want without thinking what other people might think or even worse they do not care if other people might be disturb because of what they done.
As long as they feel comfort for them self than there is no need to think about anything
else.

But in reality, there are some people who really think that mannerism is really a big deal.
Mannerism has become an important password for being accept in a certain societies.
Mannerism is a small thing but meaningful.
It does not mean that we should change our personality in order to get into one group or society, we are only need to adjust within the circumstance that we belong to.

Mannerism is not belong to a certain people/group/class. You do not have to be rich or being a nobleman to become a person who has a good manners.
Mannerism is something that everybody could learn, its very cheap and do not take so much effort to practice. It only takes willingness to learn.

Why mannerism is become more important today..?
Mannerism is not all about attitudes. Mannerism is a way to show other people that we are pay a respect to them. Mannerism is a way to show that we are civilize people. Mannerism is a label that we put into ourselves which show how we treat/respect ourselves and other people in the same manner.

For example:
Do you find it annoying, if someone keep form scab on a wound in front of you?
Or when someone talks to you without even looking at you?
I do.
Why..? Because I would feel that person is not respect me enough to even stare at me (give an attention) during talking to me.
And there’re so much more examples that I could not explain here.

The point is we are living in the globalization world, where the boundaries no longer exist. We should be able to adapt with a new circumstance, where the demand to think globally is high (in a positive manner) without eliminate our original cultures and values.

So, it is your choice to become a person either with a well-manner or a bad-manner…!
Once again, mannerism is belong to everyone. It’s all about choices.



*Is not really clear whether I’m a hyper-critical or hyper-manner-maniac person…
The difference between the two of them is so slight..!
Or maybe because I have a tendency to become an Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder… :) *