Arms. All I want to do is photography arms right now. Highlight them, focus on them. I want arms to tell the story but I don’t know why. So then I wondered, what do arms do? What is their purpose? They hug, they hold, they embrace. Arms reach out, they carry, they are giving and receiving. They are not like hands. Hands can grab. Hands are still an arms reach apart. When you give your arms you give your whole body. It’s a willingness and openness to being vulnerable with someone else. It’s putting yourself out there even when your not sure if you will be accepted.

Why am I noticing this? I fear and yet I do put myself out there, but maybe not enough. I’m hesitant, for fear of rejection or disappointment. It’s scary putting your whole self into some or something.

And yet it’s important for all of us to do so. Look how beautiful it is, how comforting, how safe. So instead of sticking our hands out and keeping each other at an arms reach, let’s open our arms and leave space for one another to be vulnerable in our fears, in our sadness and angst. Let’s open our arms and then hold on tight.