My friend Jane, over at Maiden Jane, was thinking recently about her hands and all they do – all the hard-working, dedicated, complex things. She posted a challenge to see other people’s hands.
Ok. I’ll bite…here you go.
I used to have nice hands: long thin fingers and long nails that rarely broke. Those days are long gone.
Now, my hands are wrinkly and old. (They’re attached to an old body, imagine that.)
But I like them.
I like working with my hands. I like – no, love – making things. Paintings, yes, but also cookies and afghans and soups. From planting seedlings to pulling weeds to pruning trees…love it.
I relate to the world first visually but also tactility. I have to see something then touch it to understand it. Talk all you want – it goes in one ear and out the next without leaving much trace behind. But let me see something and touch it, and I get it.
What do you think of your hands? Are you willing to post a photo for Jane?
She has a blog post about it: http://maidenjane.blogspot.com/2012/02/tuesday-inspiration-show-me-your-hands.html and a Facebook page: Hands Exposed.
Give it a try. I’m curious to see what your hands look like.
Snap. Click. Link. It’s that easy.
4 replies on “Show of Hands”
What a beautiful post! Thank you for sharing what your hands mean to you. I love that your hand is on a painting – but you describe all the things you create with your hands. And I laugh that your “old” hands are attached to an “old” body. I suspect we have similar hands. That is not to say that you have ugly hands – I hold the title for the ugliest, which you will soon see! I like to think that these hands show a few war wounds….
Hi Jane – thanks for your comment. I hadn’t really thought about all that our hands do until you started this project. It was a good to reflect on them. – Karen
Beautiful!
Thank you, Barbara!