“Don’t stare at her arm”
Holly and I met up for a coffee in Green Park on Sunday to try out and talk about hands #1-3. Holly brought along her hook and ‘man-hand’ and together we managed to cover the table with lots of prosthetic bits and bobs as well as a couple of creme brulee lattes. It was a useful session but in more ways than one. Afterwards Holly told me that a couple had sat down next to us and promptly moved to another spot, whereas a group of three nearby had observed with interest but not been overly distracted from their conversation. Interesting how people react differently to things they are not familiar with or find strange. On the tube later Holly wore the wooden articulated hand as a little social experiment to see if anyone would notice or react. It’s funny, even in a foreign language you can tell when a mother is telling off her child saying “don’t stare at her arm”, which was a shame because it was meant to be admired.
