Hands

Why is manual labor valuable? Why are our hands valuable?

The history of civilization is, in part, the history of our hands; hands that have passed, that have been, and that now exist.

Hands wash, destroy, tear apart; hands gather, collect, make, repair.

Hands push, distance; hands embrace, wrap, unite.

Hands hold on, let go.

Hands have a language – languages; they speak, tell, fall silent, listen.

Hands have memories; they remember, forget.

Hands have postures. A posture is sometimes many words…

Hands learn; they learn to do what they don't know by working diligently…

Hands diminish, multiply.

Hands dream, sketch, erase, draw, write, create.

Hands produce.

If a human has a privilege, it is their hands.