Attraction

I've been thinking recently about attraction; to things, places and people.  But right now I want to focus specifically on people.

I've been felling attraction to different people lately, but thanks to ZL, I'm taking a step back and analysing what exactly is drawing me to a particular individual.  It's the anthropologist in me. :)

With some people, it's like a white-hot flash: instantaneous and strong.  Others, I feel a slow build and still others, it's non-existent until after a few more encounters.  And I wonder why this is....  Why is it that attraction is felt differently with different individuals??

I was speaking to some friends about this a few weeks past.  They have their own system of attraction.  They both view people they know in a strict binary: friends or potential intimate partners.   thought this was highly interesting because I don't normally categorise people; I always can imagine the greater potential of any relationship I'm in, whether superficial, friendship or other.  It's an interesting concept, and I've been wondering why....

I've met or gotten to know some new individuals and I find myself attracted to them.  And before I run off with the cart and leave the Horse behind, I'm trying really really hard to take a deep breath and nail down why I'm drawn to these individuals.  There must be something in particular that has drawn my attention....

And a similar topic to this is repulsion by certain individuals.  I've felt tension and unease around people throughout my lifetime, and now I'm beginning to wonder where it all stems from.  Where does any of it come from...?

Intuition.