hand

The British economist J.M. Keynes apparently would summarily judge people’s character by the quality of their hands. Okay, that’s nuts. Still, I confess to being drawn to hands myself. I love all manner of hand gestures in the movies, big and small, and I, too, notice people’s hands quite carefully. Unfortunately, my own hands say, “meat cutter at the deli” more so than “aristocrat,” but one lives with the hand one was dealt. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) This picture is of Harvey Hill’s hand, taken backstage of a college theater. By the way, Harvey is a terrific model chiefly for one reason: he poses exactly as I ask him without question or complaint. He lets me be the photo tyrant I was born to be. We’ll be walking along a path, and I’ll say, “Hill, put your face in that hole in the tree so I can take a picture.” In goes his face. He’s good that way.