Archive for January, 2008
Beautiful Thing No. 92: Hands
I am reminded of an article by an esteemed publication known as The Onion about the importance of opposable thumbs to the dominance of humanity. Despite its silliness, the article makes a valid point. Our hands make us special. They are the ultimate tools. They climb rocks, knead dough, snap, move pieces around a Monopoly Board… everything.
Go ahead, give yours a flex. Neat, huh? I love to watch the ligaments move slightly as I twitch each finger. I’m not even going to talk about the palms. So they’re creased, so what? Give me knuckles, and violinists and guys who can tear phone books in half over palmistry any day when we’re talking about interesting facets of the hand. And fingernails… what’s up with those anyway? But can you imagine if they were just nubbins with no nails. That’d be wierd.
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