Communication with Gestures
Six Sentence Story
By Marlene Mesot
08/11/2025

Silent communication with gestures can be as effective as tone of voice, either positive or negative, when interacting with others and also animals. Gestures involve movement with hands or body or even facial expressions. Pantomime uses body movements to enact expression of some event; the comedian Red Skelton was famous for this technique. Dressage allows a rider to communicate with the horse through subtle body language, sign language uses hand gestures for communication, hand signals can communicate to a working dog what is expected, etc.
A good example of using gestures is from the book Escape from the Island of Aquarius, book two in the Cooper Kids Adventure series by Frank Peretti. Thirteen year old Lila Cooper used gestures and pictures drawn in the dirt to enlist the help of a tall Polynesian native named Candle who shared her faith.

Author Marlene Mesot

Marlene Mesot’s passion for mystery is reflected in her contemporary Christian fiction and poetry writing. She shares her love of God, family, friendships and animals with her readers. She is legally blind and moderately deaf due to nerve damage at premature birth. Marlene has loved writing since early childhood.

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