The Creative Hand The human hand is a marvel of biomechanics, one of the most remarkable adaptations in the history of evolution. The hands of a concert pianist can elicit glorious sound and arouse emotion; those of a surgeon can perform the most delicate operations; those of a rock climber allow him to scale a vertical mountain wall; and those of an artist, such as alchemists, can transform base materials and shades of colours into transcendent beauty and emotional expressiveness.Read more