‽istis reclaims an appreciation of... (1) (weekending
April 11th 2020)
In what is likely be the first of a series, ‽istis reclaims an appreciation of… hands. These very ideas manifest by the work of human hand: holding a pen, moving a mouse, lifting a coffee cup, tearing out hair as a deadline approaches!
Perhaps, possibly, maybe - to help prompt some thinking– hands:
‽ form and
function: impaired or disabled – congenitally, accidentally, through illness or
disease, through war or torture
‽ holding a knife
or a gun or a ball or a kite or a flower or a baby
‽ the opposable,
longer thumb: in the mix of research exploring evolutionary advantages and
species dominance
‽ restrained for crimes
committed or alleged, restrained for abuse
‽ assisting nature:
fruit of the earth and work of human hand
‽ the subject of ‘the
old ones may not be the best’ jokes: Andes?, always still at the end of the
arms-es
‽ flesh and bone
and muscle and veins and tendons, universal under the skin
‽ crafting and
creating, forming, shaping, sculpting, drawing, painting, writing, building…
‽ playing a musical
instrument, holding a microphone, holding a megaphone
‽ surgeons’ skill,
assisting diagnosis, changing dressings, changing scrubs and masks, delivering
babies, managing equipment, making notes, giving medicine,
signing discharge records, signing death certificates
‽ not being shaken,
not being held, pressed against the window of a nursing home
‽ blessing and praying
- religious (perhaps especially at Easter, Rama Navami, Festival of Pure
Brightness, Mahavira Jayanti, Hanamatsuri, the Night of Forgiveness, Passover… [i]) or
not
‽ being washed
(again and again)
‽ being lent to others
‽ applauding
‽ …
‽istis, reclaiming an appreciation, wonders what on earth these hands can do.
© Pistis
