Take for joy from the palms of my hands
fragments of honey and sunlight,
as the bees of Persephone commanded us.
-Osip Mandelstam
I’ve always had a fascination with hands & palms.
Top: An ancient sketch I unearthed from my days of studio art classes in college. The bottom left palm scares me.
Top-middle: ‘Meditation hands’ palms pendant by Kathryn Bentley would look perfect on a crimson cord.
Top-lower: Stained fingertips from roasting endless trays of beets last night. As I slipped the tissue-thin skins off the jeweled beets, I thought of Mociun Spring 2009 RTW..