On comparison, we also realized Erik's hands really weren't shaped like my hands either (and I don't have an artist gene when it comes to drawing or painting or pottery and so on - I'm a writer, and beyond typing, you don't need your hands for that).

I'd heard somewhere that the shape of your hand could act as a hint to the kind of profession you might be best suited to. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any reference to anything other than palmistry or Chirognomy, neither of which were quite what I was looking for.
Then, tonight, Luey was mucking around at the end of our dining room table, and it struck me that his posture and the length of his arms would make him an amazing dancer to watch! Not to mention that he is double jointed, which he feels is an added entertainment factor - much to my horror! The thing is, Luey WANTS to dance. He is desperate for us to get him into hip-hop classes (I have no idea where to find such classes in our local area!).
I snapped of a few happy snaps of him dancing around our living room, and it is as if he body is built for dance.
Do our genes pre-determine what occupations we will be drawn to? Are our bodies built to suit particular ways of interacting with the world, and without realizing it, are we drawn to those kinds of pursuits, even though we might feel that we made some sort of intellectual decision to follow one path or another?
There are a lot of artistic, musical, and theatrical people in my family. Are we this way because it's what we grow up with and know and learn to love, or is it in our blood, our genes and the very design of our bodies?
What do you think?
5 comments:
I don't know, but Luey looks every bit the dancer in those pics! Do your kids get hip hop dancing at school? Ours have just finished. Definitely not Liams thing but Sienna loved it. Donna's older boy J does Hip Hop dancing, they aren't far from you- I can ask where if you like?
Sif, Healthways offers Hip Hop classes, though I know this isn't as around the corner from you as it used to be.
Also, the dance studio on Station St near your old house would do them. Often local YMCA type places run them too, so maybe that one on Canterbury road near you. Can't remember what that place is called.
Okay, it is called "Aqualink Box Hill"
No idea about the hands but wow... L's posture in that first photo... people do YEARS of ballet training to get arms and posture like that!!!!
Oh hai! LOL, so used to not getting comments on here now, I just didn't check back!
Jayne, no dancing at school (which really, considering our schools so-called focus, is just appalling!).
Jen, the place on Station street was offering hip-hop about 18 months ago, which was actually unusual for them. Normally they just offer adult dance classes. I should ring them and ask if they are thinking of offering hip-hop again. Don't know how popular it was.
Kate, yes!!! I know, he reminds me of my brother at the same age - he did ballet for a year or two before dad pulled him out. Apparently, Mike's teacher thought he was a natural (he later taught himself break-dancing and was amazing at the, these days you'd never guess it though, LOL).
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