Your hands tell a story

You can tell a lot about a person from their hands.  When I meet someone, it’s one of the first things I notice.  Their hands tell the story of life, of adventure, work, care and creativity.  Hands have the power to create and destroy, to harm and to heal, which makes them fascinating to study.  Each one has its own unique pattern, grain and features.  Here are some stunning examples of hands.  We use them so much for many mundane activities we often take their beauty and complexity for granted.  Take a moment to see what these hands say to you.

hands in marriage (www.familysolutionscounsellingga.com)

Artist: Nycki Owen (www.nyckiowen.com/hands.html)

X-ray of healthy hand (www.davidlnelson.md/xrays_normal_hand_PA.htm)

Hand of Buddha (www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Hand-of-Buddah-Posters)

Michelangelo: Hands of G-d and Adam(www.fineartprintsondemand.com)

Henna Hands (nationalgeographic.com/science/enlarge/henna-painted-hands.html)

Photo: http://www.art-photograph-gallery.com

Ancient cave paintings - Santa Cruz, Argentina (wikipedia)

97 years old (Photo: http://www.redbubble.com/people/cristiann/)

Helping hand (www.sheknows.com/articles/806007.htm)

In prayer (www.etsy.com) click picture to link direct

There is a giant sculpted hand on the Pan-Pacific Highway in Chile.  It is in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth.  In the desert and the dust, this hand marks the landscape.

Photo: Elizabeth Southey (www.travelblog.org/Photos/308221.html)

The artist behind the hand is Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrazabal and was constructed 1100 metres above sea level.   It stands 11 metres high and was inaugurated on March 28, 1992.

Atacama Desert Hand - Chile (www.artificialowl.net/2009/03/giant-hand-of-atacama-desert)

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