and that 'Somebody' was left-handed.. notices (me!) Sandra, tvgp
sapiens. a brief history of humankind. yuval noah harari.
Oh my gosh, I can't even get past the very first page without responding immediately.
as a left-handed person myself, and an artist, and having painted my own nails, and traced my own hand
i can see write away, this 'somebody' was left-handed. -because you would place the hand that you don't draw/paint/chalk with on the wall (empty canvas... )
so that the hand you do draw/paint/chalk with would be free to hold the tool
was it okay 30,000 years ago in france to be left-handed?
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it is not the first time ive visited this topic.. so fascinated by learning the history. how much unfounded, unnecessary fear was directed toward left-handed people -during what time frame? in what geographic areas? how it was an accepted practice to try and 'correct' left-handers and 'make them' -write handed.
repeat here: i am a write-handed lefty to be sure [and to (me!) anyone with instincts/inclinations to write is write-handed... no matter which they use to hold a pen or pencil. and you need both for keyboards don't you..]
anyway.. eventually we did -we have
EVOLVED enough to realize.. to stop trying to unnecessarily punish/correct lefties, and MAKE THEM use their other hand... -the whole thing was silly; quite sdrawkcab
and a division surfaces for me: orientations vs. behaviors.
i cant go back 30,000 years.. my observations/curiosities/fascinations are just from what ive experienced/observed during my own life time
without going on and on, like i certainly could. i think on the following:
honoring orientations. -born with... correcting behaviors... which form from.. and distinguishing between the two..
what is innate vs. what is shaped.. nature/nurture
and most importantly... in 2017.. what stills falls in that category?
things we fear today... try and correct; or force to be differently.. when, if we just let it be
-like we have learned/evolved to just let left-handers be left-handers...
it would be to all of humanities advantage.
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ever wondered? -when Jesus spit on the ground, and wrote in the dirt..
which hand? Jesus... why would it even matter? amen.
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