Heel of Hand, Front View of the Flat Hand Projecting Forward

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 27, 2005

On Sep 27, 2005, at 6:26 PM, Adam Frost wrote:
> Ok. Then I did misunderstand that symbol as being a flat hand  
> verses a fist, but everything else was correct. :-) Hmm...That's  
> too bad because that would have really made it clear, I think.

You were on the right track...I understand your thinking...I am  
really pleased you brought this up...

Regarding the Heel of Hand symbol...it is located under the 5 Hand  
group because it is a way to project the Flat Hand forward, without  
looking down from overhead...

Attached is a diagram showing the exact same position written in two  
different ways...You can write it from the Top View or the Front  
View. When the Flat Hand is written from the Top View, you can see  
the whole hand and that is generally easier for the reader. That  
symbol always has the space at the knuckles.

But there are times when some positions are hard to write, and the  
Heel of Hand offers us some solutions in those rare cases...It gives  
us a Front View of the wrists of the Flat Hand projecting straight  
forward...The Flat Hand fingertips are hiding behind the Heel of the  
Hand from the Front View. No break in the hand is needed because the  
fingertips cannot be seen...

  ...I will show you some other signs that use the Heel of the Hand  
next message in this new thread...Val ;-)


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