Very good observation. Yes the stoic nature of a lot of my young men is purposeful. This repose is related to the discipline of being centered--a kind of Buddhist detachment of the seeker as he exists through a variety of circumstance and embodiment. Ultimately, as a Bodhisattva, it is assumed he, too, will obtain enlightenment--and so in a sense an inner core of the figure is foreshadowing its connection to that stillness even while engaging the ephemera of each situation/incarnation.