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I thought about the closed-fist for while now on and off.. nothing too bad

But when I saw this picture, it made it clearer about the open hand upwards instead.

The open hand seems more in line with many other things and more 'friendly' or less combative. Even in #Aikido and other arts it seems rather less harmless (until actually you're on you're flat on your back perhaps or hit with something if coming too close)... so yes it's less force showing perhaps at the beginning and on a human level or in photos showing people, I think showing force can be one-notch down so it's not worrying for others...

A Fist #celebration is not bad - just this seems clearer, gentler, less misunderstood, safer with open hand upward with back of the hand showing.

Picture text reads:

Open Hand, Upwards
#Sky / #God / #Cosmos
Giving Credit to Above ?
Gentler Gesture to Everything

Important to note open doesn't seem to be against anyone or suggest that...

⬇️ Other sub-topic notes below ⬇️

⚫ MARTIAL ARTS
Some #MartialArts / #Aikido / #Judo / #BJJ / #Jujitsu / #MMA use the open hand until the fist is really necessary. So not always the first tool perhaps.

⚫ LIBERATION
Fist in the air more straight up seems to suggest (or we learned from history) #freedom or self-liberation - #self-power. Which is fair enough and I like these too - perhaps the bent elbow seems to ruing that a bit for me personally... still thinking about it.

⚫ PRIMITIVE REACTION TEST
I think for conflict (as life is a kind of constant #conflict or #negotiation naturally between one or many humans in this context of photos) #gestures can have a primitive-first feeling as well as the more educated layered #interpretation after.

So by asking the question about how it feel on a #primitive level this might give more result to how you feel (as best as you can feel primitively or first-feeling):

✊ ❓ If you saw a fist in the air ✊
or showed that gesture to another human then how would they feel on a #primitive or first-feeling level... I know most of the time it's for a photo etc and depends on the position, but for on-lookers let's say it's some kind of #victory or #power or #muscle or something shown.

Now try asking

❓ If you saw an open hand in the air or towards the #sky 👋 ✋
or showed that to another human, then how does that feel / look ?

I hope you already feel it just from description...

Can even forget the God aspect if you felt that or got the idea for the words, although there seems a bit of that "giving thanks to something other than us. Open seems nicer or not over-saying much. Maybe not say a lot also which is safer!

⚫ PHYSICAL POSTURE / PHYSICALITY 💪
Perhaps the fist also shows bicep more and is a bit more #clenched even though it's not a pure flex and more diagonally upwards... but still compared...

The #hand in air the with the arm and elbow pointing forward to camera is not showing #bicep #muscle. 💪 and mostly open hand ✋ (back of hand and almost all is pointing up ⬆️ )

And open hand is giving (as well as receiving - a too way thing that fist doesn't seem to naturally have)
I think even with bad people we need to somehow take care of them too - while not allowing them all the way in either, but not to have it only on a power vs. power level but cooperation instead of force vs force level (again without letting people pretending inside things to do their bad work again). Some chance of redemption or doing better between us without anyone totally giving in or instantly being considered good either... the giving and receiving seems to allow more of a chance than everyone with fists and more gladiatorial #liberation.

HASHTAGS
I'm pointing to some of the key words here hashtags during this post.

⚫ Let me know how you feel
[ open hand gesture 😃✋ ⬆️ ☁️ ]

⚫ MY FEELING AFTER WRITING THIS...

(A BIT LONG MOSTLY ON THE #MYSTERY OF LIFE)

I did consider that now I've (over)explained it all that it might suggest #god and #sky more, but whatever that we don't know that gives us so much around and keep our spirits in our #body... (ether, love etc etc)

I don't think that really offends anyone unless already a bit racist or worried about #religion or something else which is also fair enough too on some level of seeing smoething new - like "why are they using hand upwards and sometimes in the picture looking up" but again not the physical kind of mis-interpretation so seems safer if a bit stranger occasionally...

whatever holds things together and keep our spirits in our #body... (etc

So I'd like more #thankfulness / #gentleness in life, not assuming man is the beginning and end... thanks to whatever holds things together and keep our spirits in our #body...

And the open hand that receives even if it doesn't know, trusting a bit...

Towards less physical conflict / more brains / less #violence encouraging better things for all.

Not saying not to use a fist

Just having something other than us we don't know seem to help #mankind to remember or feel good that something else is doing a lot of the work for us and between us. We're not in 100% control.

⚫ KEEP A BIT OF MYSTERY
I don't mind this idea of mysterious / unsolved thing in life around us and invisible as I think 100% there is a bit of mystery and don't have to call it god or make it up, just there are other things of the planet which takes care of us (or allows us) some we see easily, some we don't.

GIVING THANKS
A kind of giving thanks to all that we don't see / know (just for being alive I guess) seem nice #gesture.