Hands are the extension of intent and the instrument of
compassion. Without the ability to
act, empathy and compassion are little more than nice words. The manual dexterity of human beings
has allowed people to DO good things, to BE creative compassionate caring and
help not just our immediate circle, but to reach out and take action for the
benefit of those outside ourselves.
The feat of creation in the real world adds power to the ethereal. Movement of hands adds, confirms, and
teaches the mind the difference between real and not. The tactile quality of a physical picture has a presence
that projection does not. A
digital image can be printed, thus becoming an artifact, a physical thing. A hand-made image reveals the work,
tells the story of its creation, and the revelations had along the way as hands
learned, corrected, and cared for the work
of art during it’s making.
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