John Tasker: 7

Old and young alike gather together with hands that help to point the way, express friendship, or lend a helping hand. Hands are the glue that pulls life towards us and sometimes pushes it away. Hands create life. Hands caress life. Hands hold us all together!

In my new series I will be presenting hands. Hands are the building blocks of humanity, of friendship and unfortunately war. I see hands as a connection to better human activities. Each day I will add a new image. This particular image is self speaking. Greetings and peace!!!!

Twirling hands moving, having fun and sharing in a simple form called play! Smiles on our faces and words of kindness while we spun around each other.

Two sisters embracing each other with the simplest and smallest of connections, I.E. their pinky fingers embraced. Such a tiny jester reflecting a deeper connection. In all things human it can be the small and insignificant acts that become the strongest glue. Today, Let our hands speak volumes of care and love......Enjoy!

Electromagnetic display, energy transference, the source, feeling the light, creating the light, sharing the light? Two index fingers in close proximity tells a story. I wanted to poetically create a narrative displaying the potential exchange of two people delving into a source of energy. What is the source? This is the mystery that occurs every moment of our daily lives. It is an individual experience hopefully shared with kindness and intention. Enjoy the air today. Breathe deeply....

The fist bump with an added thumb to thumb encounter. I can feel the gentle pressure of fists, the hesitation in space while greetings and a bit of laughter are exchanged between friends. No worries today, just the pleasure of the others company and sharing of good news. This hand photo is of me and my old high school friend... We all need this in our lives, i.e. soft fists greeting not hard fists hitting.....Life lessons!!!

Purely having fun turning this design into a stained glass. What fun to imagine this could happen every time we fiddle with our fingers. I find that creating shapes and structures with my hands is terrific fun. It's like having a game toy on your person at all times. Give it a try!!! Sometimes looking at the world through rose tinted glasses is a good thing. For sure!!!

Universal handshake. The visual nod of two people becoming one. Even if it is for a moment, an expression can last a lifetime...Where ever you are, you are there!!..Enjoy your day.

The hands of a 95 year old embracing a sculpture she created 70 plus years earlier. I enjoy this time capsule. I enjoy feeling the past and the present unite. What a wondrous picture of a life well spent...Enjoy, enjoy and enjoy...

A young mother and child. The cycle continues. Love and dependence are two very powerful ingredients in lives circle. The love of the parent(s) for their child and the the complete trust the child gives as a gift of their new life. Very powerful and heart melting combination. Those connections live on as we grow older. We nurture life.....

Hands of lovers embrace in a secret handshake. The intimate expression of connection shared. The helping hands of love can lift people beyond imagined places. It is a gift, a power instilled in all of us. I hope we all can find our own secret garden of love fulfilled.....Breath deep and see beyond oneself!

Patient hands, thinking hands, hands that might be saying I am relaxed and hopeful. Waiting in contemplation?...The next time your hands are in this position take a moment to realize the moment....If the wind is at your back let it carry you forward. Have a sweet day!

There is nothing like a good old fashioned handshake. I do not know how universal this type of greeting is, but it generally is a positive sign between people. I thrive on positive signs between individuals. Greeting and recognizing one another is both a primal reaction and a modern day politeness. The ends of both spectrums.....let's try and see the width and the breadth of life this day!!

Hands of time. Our hands reveal our age and experience in life and cannot be hidden. This happens to each and every one of us. A Piano teacher, beautician, writer, artist, data entry, builder, chemist, waitress, cook, taxi driver, pilot, and on and on and on. We all tell a story with our hands. We all show the world a little bit of who we are. And do you know what....It is all good, good and good. Enjoy being on the blue planet as we float through the universe together......

Today's hands are expressive and honest. The background color is a favorite of the model and a color which pleases me also. I guess I would like to ask the viewer to reflect on their favorite color and express it in their daily lives today and every day possible. If it brings happiness to your day then bring it on...may we all spin on our happy axis...

The glow of our hearts becomes a reflection in our hands. Our hands shape the world around us, let it reflect the happiness and insightfulness that rests in all of us.

My hands shaping around the beauty of a Dahlia.

Body language can be up to 90 percent of communication. A singular representation of a pair of hands can be 100 percent. So one has to ask what is this picture telling us.....Contemplation, thinking, relaxing, praying, pointing, reflecting, or a dozen other projections of a state of mind. I leave it to the viewer. Have an uplifting day...

Just a snippet of our amazing hands. The shapes they can create. The tools they can wield. The beauty they can touch. The helping hand of a neighbor, friend or stranger. The hands that feed us and the hands we have bitten. The clapping hands at a concert or play. The expression of joy. A noise maker. A hair comber. A button helper. And on and on, but most important hands that can pull life towards us or push it away. Each of us, with our hearts and minds living, breathing in the present, can work toward a connection to our individual path in life. Or at least help us understand our choices better!!

Going towards the center? Backing away from what? Measuring the light and diameter of my world? Is it hot or cold? Just right! My focus is positive, fluid and ever changing. Looking to understand the world I live on and myself within it. This flight is fueled by "curiosity".

Having been raised in large cities I did not always get a chance to have a butterfly land on my finger. This butterfly was a lamp shade in a restaurant and I was attracted to it. And yes, at the moment I saw the beautiful butterfly motif, I remembered the few times that I did have one at the end of my finger tips. As I move through my life I am reminded by obscure and random objects of time and place within my past. There are little time machines all around me!

Now is the time to focus on hands. Hands that we have had to keep to our selves and not share in greeting and praise of our family and friends during this pandemic. I will create themes of active hands working and applying themselves. Some hands are parts of triptychs I have displayed, and this is going to allow them center stage. All hail our hands!!....Shown above, the skill of sewing and stitching is ageless. It is a skill I have as do many, many people. If the pen is mightier than the sword, then the needle and thread are too!!

Sitting in a Cafe with a dear friend of ours in Portland, Oregon. She just moved back to the mainland from Hawaii. Hence the floral back drop. A very bright, relaxed and thoughtful person she is and I feel this represents those attributes. Peace Out...

We tend to look people in the eyes more than we look at their hands. But our hands tell us many things about a person if only we would look more often. Our friend Cynthia is part Roma (gypsy) and is smart and worldly. Her hands hold her heart. Enjoy your day!

"Hands across the water, water...heads across the sky". Beatle lyrics from Uncle Albert seem to fit today's dilemma. Yes, we want to reach across the wide abyss separating us from each other, but our minds and hearts can do just that! Let us remember each other and send positive thoughts, chants, songs, prayers and compassion to each other. Our minds are at the top and our feet are at the bottom. Put them both together and we can get somewhere and do something!

Love is as old as time. In essence we are the age of the universe and especially the Milky Way. When we find love, compassion and a caring nature we become a manifestation of the endlessness of time. We are Star Dust sprinkled with love.

The young are our future. They will help heal the Earth and nurture the gifts of the Sun. It is the circle of life that we all spin on and around. Acceptance can be one of the keys to happiness if we choose wisely. Peace Out!

Pushing to hold or pulling to separate? The quest of civilizations through time and time again. Deciding, debating, invading, or saving? We are all part of a chain of events which has become us, today! Ancient is a word we use to rabbit hole into the past, and modern is a word we use to describe the present, but how many of us are truly present? It is difficult, but if we all push and pull together...who knows?

The act of sharing!

The Constellation of love.The connection between people. Connectivity moving in all directions and lighting up the sky with our hearts and minds. In life we are always trying to connect the dots! Ancient civilizations spoke of heroes, and stories created from the position of stars and planets. Did they intuitively know that we are all made from star dust. Enjoy your day!

A configuration of a painting layered and altered. The original in my hand. What fun to just play and let the mind follow the breeze, even the most gentle of winds.

The pouring of ones self into the theater of life is a quest. To find, acknowledge, and embrace the talents that manifest themselves is to not deny the gift. The freshness of life tastes wonderful when the gift is opened and shared.

The beauty and surprises found in natures green foliage evokes a human embrace. It is a delicate balance of a one world dance. Let the music around us help us too sway to the rhythm of this pulsing Earth.

The ultraviolet world is a calling card for insects and birds. An enthusiastic gardener can have the touch of gold and enter the domain of light, intuitively helping the invisible rainbow prosper. This is a wonderful partnership.

Many of us know what it is like to find money on the ground while you are walking about minding your own business. It is exciting and puts a smile on ones face. Of course we give it back to the person who dropped the money, but if that is not an option, then......