Keep Your Fingers Crossed by skipt07

Keep Your Fingers Crossed

Not that I believe in luck, but I saw this ceramic hand in a store and thought it looked like a good still-life subject. There was another hand that the fingers were in the shape of the peace sign.

There are a number of theories for the origins of this expression but the one that historians give most credit to is that the crossing of fingers started in the early days of Christianity when the religion was banned and followers were forced to develop secret signs to communicate with each other. One such sign is thought to have been the crossing of fingers by two people on meeting, who would identify themselves to each other by forming an L shape with their thumb and forefinger and then touching their thumbs together and crossing their index fingers to form a fish symbol (the ichthys, Greek for fish, being the ancient symbol of Christianity).

I think this looks best on black.
That is a nice find and image
April 11th, 2023  
Great find and a lovely shot.
April 11th, 2023  
The warm and textured background shows off the smooth and white hand. Thank you for the information about the sign. It makes good sense,
April 12th, 2023  
Neat find and capture
April 12th, 2023  
I had a colleague who said luck is for the unprepared, so never ever wished anyone luck.

I love the different textures you've captured here
April 12th, 2023  
Neat
April 12th, 2023  
Nice find.
April 12th, 2023  
Great find and capture
April 12th, 2023  
I had no idea! Great information, and shot!
April 13th, 2023  
Great find and capture. Interresting info.
April 17th, 2023  
Really good contrast of textues. And thanks for the info...interesting stuff!
April 19th, 2023  
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