Kineseeyousquirm

The Kinesthetic Response is how we mentally and physically respond when we see something caught in motion.  Because we are so familiar with kinesthetics and are accustomed to applying our understanding of reality to art, it is easy to react to things that show movement.  Mary Stewart talks about how the mind can easily connect many images in a Disney movie as a continuous event due to our understanding of time and movement.  We apply what we know to what we see.

And that is why images like this...

...and this....

...and this...

....aaaaand this...

All make you feel extremely uncomfortable, mildly unballanced, and a tad bit anxious.  When you see these, your mind identifies them as frozen movement that you've experienced before.  You know that it's a drawing, but it feels like it's full of movement that hasn't been allowed to continue yet.  If you're extra special, you might even start to fake the movement just to try to get the satisfaction of the movement continuing all the way to the end.  Are you squirming?

So there you have it, folks.  The Kinesthetic Response.