I've read that what made human beings leap ahead, and distinguished us from other species, was our opposable thumbs and tool making. This is a chicken and the egg problem--which came first? I want to know how imagination and the thumb/hand developed in relationship to each other--what drove what? And even in posing the question that way, I hear my left brain leading. My right brain says wait, no, this relationship between the hand and imagination was a dance where sometimes one led and sometimes the other.
Anyone who creates anything knows this is how the best work is done.
Published on July 23, 2025 22:02