This is the Mood Board for my “Geliophobia” theme.

Geliophobia is defined as an irrational fear of laughter. When someone experiences this, they experience anxiety. When having Geliphobia, you can be afraid of someone else’s laughter, but you can also be afraid of your own laughter. Because of this, people with Geliophobia have trouble visiting places where laughter occurs, such as parties, concerts, and comedy clubs.

I tried to show these concepts related to Geliophobia in my Mood Board. I have placed emojis and human laughter to indicate different types of laughter. I’ve also put in places or times where people laugh. And lastly, I put abstract art for two purposes. 1: To show how laughter can be expressed in many different ways. 2: The abstract arts included are creepy, which may be how people with Geliphobia may see laughter as.

Here is an analysis of my Mood Board:

• Color: Yellow, Purple, Red, Black, White.
• Symbol: Pointing finger/smirks for humiliation.
• Image: Modern techy emoticons, abstract art, caricature, Cartoon/movie characters, real-life captured photographs of people and locations.
• Texture: Overall smooth surface, with some bumpy features standing out. Often round, circular edges in objects shown in the pictures.
• People: Ranging from babies to old women/men. Babies and young children often resemble pure smiles and laughter, whereas the older adults resemble usually smirks, mocking laughter, and gestures.
• Locations: Birthday Party, Cinema, Comedy clubs, Bar, Park.
• Emotion: Happy, Content, Unpleasant, Ridicule, Mocking, Awkward, Excitement.
• Movement: Boisterous up and down (caused by the characters laughing), finger pointing directly at the viewer, following the eyesight direction of the characters.