Their agility and power, their anatomical complexity and mechanics are just amazing. We use them daily for dozens of actions without even thinking about it. We mistreat them, we impose them all sorts of cuts, broken nails, fractures, etc. But think one second about what you would make in a day, without your hands!
But our hands don’t only bring us the ability of touch or gripping that distinguishes us from animals. When we speak of expressions, we think about face. Eyes and mouth in particular. The hands also bring us a range of expressions, colors, used most often without realizing it. From love of a caress to the violence of a fist and compassion of an opened hand, it’s these expressions, especially what they evoke, that interests me here. A sort of tribute.
For all that they allow us to do, transmit, and what it can say, intentionally or not.
