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Published: 2009-03-30 07:51:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1715; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 40
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I’m a huge fan of hands. I think that they are as much a reflection of somebody as their eyes, just in a less direct way. You can’t really be dazzled by someone’s hands, like you might someone’s eyes. (Although there are a few rare sets of hands out there that are amazing…Since I don’t have a special someone who’s hands I can talk about, I’ll use my own.
I like my hands. I’m proud of them. They are malformed, calloused, mistreated, scarred, bitten, burned, dried and worn… But I think that that kind of makes them like a couple of art works. They tell a story. They’ve copped the brunt of my life, but they’ve loyally done whatever I’ve asked of them. Scars and worse tell of how I learn most of my most important lessons the hard way. If you look at my chipped and chewed nails, you see my addictive and excessive personality. The calluses on my palms from weights show my futile battle to become strong and muscular, perhaps hinting at some inner weaknesses. In a way, my hands are as complicated as me, or they represent all my contradictions. I would be stuffed without them, worse than most, because they are what I use to create, and creating is my livelihood, yet I kind of mistreat them. But now they are tough and hard and resilient, like some sort of old gumtree, knarled and ruined. But I think they’re great. I suppose they’re not that badly ruined. There’s still a youthful energy about them.
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Comments: 5
Luna-Raven [2011-04-25 20:48:59 +0000 UTC]
I feel the same way about hands. It's good to see some one as eloquent as you describe what it's like.
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DanishCookie [2009-08-26 14:52:08 +0000 UTC]
Really like your way of thinking... I am never aware of people's hands, but I will try and look at them from now on.
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analyze-it [2009-03-31 18:35:06 +0000 UTC]
i love this. i agree. hands are definitely my favorite thing about a person.
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bing2014 In reply to analyze-it [2013-12-12 22:04:31 +0000 UTC]
I like hands too. I made some girl hand sculptures in the past but only one turned out. Can I see your hands pictures? )
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DancingKoalas [2009-03-31 08:51:05 +0000 UTC]
love the picture but didn't have time to read the comment i am in a rush!
really cool photo though?
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