This week was proxemics. Quick description of proxemics is how your communicate comfort by how close you allow others to get to you. There are 4 zones which start at public zone (about 25 ft and beyond), social zone (24 ft - 12 ft), personal zone (11ft - 1.5ft), and lastly intimate zone (1 foot - touching). The listed distanced are not concrete and can vary for person to person based on many factors such as culture or personal comfort levels.
To better display this my lovely girl Mari has agreed to help (after promises of 10 minutes of brushing everyday and sole ownership of the cat tree in my room). In this first picture she is in the social zone of Mister (the one in the cat house). This is a zone were they acknowledge each others existence and are comfortable with the other being there, but don't have to interact. Bonus: Monte (the orange one) is in the personal space of Mister because he doesn't know that spaces farther than personal exist.
In the next picture, Mari can be seen in the intimate space of my boyfriends computer. She is making physical contact with it which is as close as a person (in his case cat) can be. I hope they went on a lovely date beforehand because this zone is saved for only the people you are the most comfortable with.
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