Connections: Hands

Educator Alice Schwarz ruminates about how one's hands give away information about a person.

Alice W. Schwarz

March 22, 2011

4 min. watch

"But at the same time I'm fascinated and really kind of turned on by rugged, dirty hands that show this is a person that works."

Educator Alice Schwarz ruminates about how one's hands give away information about a person.

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Alice W. Schwarz
Museum Educator

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