What compels us to instinctively close them?
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Eyes tell a lot about living things. You notice tiny changes when someone is looking directly at your eyes, or if they’re looking a half inch up at your eyebrows. You can tell if someone is focused or zoning out. (Which is why the polar express movie is so creepy: they didn’t get the eyes right). I think it’s in the primitive part of our brain when we’re unnerved by vacant eyes. Also, there’s a strong association between death and eternal rest. The idea of the dead person looking like they’re sleeping is easier to emotionally understand than, say, a body in a coffin with open eyes and a slightly open mouth
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