What does the image of an open hand mean to you?
We would like to hear your interpretation of the open hand.
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Where is the image of the open hand ... I can't comment on it unless I can see it!
Posted by: Anonymous | November 29, 2005 07:25 PM
An open hand symbolizes Unity. Hopefully the world can all open their hands and Unite!
N. Scott
Posted by: N. Scott | November 30, 2005 01:32 PM
It stimulates feelings of equality.
Thought of the day: "Managing technology is managing change."
Posted by: Justin | November 30, 2005 04:11 PM
I think it is an image of submission. Not in a sense of low self-worth, but instead of acceptance and humility. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking more of others; it is like bowing before royalty or opening the door for a stranger. To me the open hand signifies how a community should work, through openness and putting others ahead of you.
Posted by: Dan | December 1, 2005 02:50 PM
Open hand symbolizes to me openness to the new, the different, the other. It is not clenching what is or pushing away what is different. It also seems to me to be a kind of invitation to community, i.e. hands holding hands around a common purpose.
Posted by: Daniel Hoffman | December 4, 2005 08:58 PM
the image of the open hand reminds me of someone lying down, arm stretched out, perhaps asleep. in a word: passive.
Posted by: susie hinkle | December 10, 2005 10:36 AM
An open hand can symbolize many things. For example, friendship, agreement between people or gratitude. It can be two friends or it can be the leaders of nations. That's what this art brings to my mind.
Posted by: Richard Jankowiak | December 17, 2005 08:14 PM