Writing turning a doorknob

[Adam Frost]

Here is a writing of the turning of a doorknob. I also did two videos. One
from front view and the other from the side view. Notice that the hand is
bend at the wrist at a 45 degree angle. This is why it still can use the
rotation symbol. This is what Val was talking about.

Adam

On 7/9/07, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
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> SignWriting List
> July 9, 2007
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> SignWriting List
> July 9, 2007
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> On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:18 AM, CWren at doe.k12.ga.us wrote:
> > I'm trying to root around in my head to see if there is any sign
> > that might be an 'exception' but right now, I can't think of one.
> > Wait a minute... turning a doorknob--  how would you write that?
>
> Of course, people can turn doorknobs in different ways. So there may
> be exceptions to this depending on one's anatomy...
>
> But I personally write turning a doorknob as a Rotisserie Movement,
> because even though the wrist may be flexed because the hand is
> holding the doorknob, the movement is not from the wrist joint (when
> I do it anyway). The wrist joint when I do it, is locked in its
> position, and the wrist joint itself remains solid, while the
> Rotisserie Movement occurs...
>
> So if the Rotisserie pole is bent at the end, it is still a solid
> pole, because the wrist is locked. The whole arm-wrist-hand as a
> unit, rotates to turn the doorknob...
>
> Val ;-)
>
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