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hand
The meeting point of blessing, violence, offering, surrender, witness, and flight. In the logic of the project, the hand may already be the earliest form of a wing.
Meaning
The hand is the body's first instrument and its first costume. Gloved, it becomes a role; bandaged, it becomes evidence; raised, it becomes a wing or a confession. The negative tag −hand (Baptism of Icarus) counts too: absence is also a gesture.
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Sources and references beyond the archive. External artworks are flagged and credited.
- Bandaged Hands, Muhammad Ali Gordon Parks — Whitney Museum
The private, post-combat hand — what the glove was hiding.
external source Bandaged Hands, Muhammad Ali — Gordon Parks — Whitney Museum