"‘Holding energy’ in the fingers and palms, in the arm that animates the hands, in the heart that breathes life into the arm, and the entire person who embodies this heart, is a magical thing. This is what it means to be alive, to create connection with other living people."
Made me rethink my relationship with my hands. Started looking at it like a face with its own set of expressions. Thank you for writing this beautiful piece Swaati.
Your welcome Swaati. I really enjoyed reading your archives. It is amazing how you use words to talk about dance and life. Helps me build a new relationship with my body every time.
Swaati thanks for sharing a really thoughtful post. The way you have illustrated hands drives home the point that everything is interconnected and flows from each other. Like K-dramas and dance 😁
“Entwining, touching, feeling hands bolster in me a silly and uncomplicated hope - that human connection is possible, that it is vital, that it is all we really need. There’s an urgent, primal joy in this rediscovery, a far cry from the canonical Michelangelo finger-touching between God and Adam.”
Gosh!! Hands tingled as I read your piece, and colour poured into my bleached mind when you described it that way. I am in awe of how you write about bodies. It is the same fingers and hands that dance with intention that wrote this with intention and nuance, powered by the same heart.. ❤️
"‘Holding energy’ in the fingers and palms, in the arm that animates the hands, in the heart that breathes life into the arm, and the entire person who embodies this heart, is a magical thing. This is what it means to be alive, to create connection with other living people."
Made me rethink my relationship with my hands. Started looking at it like a face with its own set of expressions. Thank you for writing this beautiful piece Swaati.
Thankyou for reading with such care and sharing with such joy, Abhishek. I really enjoy your Substack curations!
Your welcome Swaati. I really enjoyed reading your archives. It is amazing how you use words to talk about dance and life. Helps me build a new relationship with my body every time.
Swaati thanks for sharing a really thoughtful post. The way you have illustrated hands drives home the point that everything is interconnected and flows from each other. Like K-dramas and dance 😁
“Entwining, touching, feeling hands bolster in me a silly and uncomplicated hope - that human connection is possible, that it is vital, that it is all we really need. There’s an urgent, primal joy in this rediscovery, a far cry from the canonical Michelangelo finger-touching between God and Adam.”
Gosh!! Hands tingled as I read your piece, and colour poured into my bleached mind when you described it that way. I am in awe of how you write about bodies. It is the same fingers and hands that dance with intention that wrote this with intention and nuance, powered by the same heart.. ❤️
The same hands pulling you into a hug right now 🩷
yayy 🤗🤗