On a secret handshake


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I had a friend once that I had a 7-part handshake with. It was a kind of language.  A beautiful shorthand. We would start with a traditional hand-in-hand, and move quickly through the sequence. In the second part we would hook fingers. The third part was an arm wrestling grip. Part four was a thumb wrestling starter. Part five was a pull-off snap. Part six was a fist-bump and part seven was a tip-off bump. We did it every time we met, and it was a tiny reminder of something that was purely ours, a moment of us.

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John LeMasney is an artist, graphic designer, and technology creative. He is located in beautiful, mountainous Charlottesville, VA, but works remotely with ease. Contact him at: lemasney@gmail.com to discuss your next creative project.

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