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yes, I talk with my hands, I’m one of those… (part 2) 🍝

You went out with a good friend, maybe you ended up in a bar or at a party, or you’ve been dragged by said friend to the opening party of Lucrezia’s (fictional character for the purpose of this tutorial) photo exhibition, but the night is terrible. You want to instantly dematerialise and tell your friend, "please, it’s torture, let’s go" but your companion is still chatting with a glass of prosecco in the distance, even though they look at you every now and then to make sure you’re okay. You must be thinking...I don’t want to interrupt while there’s a convo happening...I can’t scream because we’re quite far away and there’s too much noise anyway. Well, do it the italian way...  Two gestures that you can do with nonchalance which will get you out of a boring situation.  Here’s part two of how in Italy we talk with our hands, because yes, I talk with my hands, I’m one of those.   Preliminary phase, prepare the ground to act, because this time it starts with facial expression: 1) Make eye contact with your friend, but without drawing the attention of other people (if the place is crowded and there is noise, it will not be difficult, no one will notice you) 2) Slightly widen the eyes while raising your eyebrows and tilt your head imperceptibly backwards, lifting your chin slightly. Tilting your head and lifting your chin are two movements that you need to do quickly (imagine what you do when you nod, you lower your head down quickly, right? Now, this is exactly the opposite, same firm movement but upward) 3) If your friend seems receptive, it means he has understood that you are about to tell him something.   Action phase, quickly execute these two gestures in succession, making the right facial expressions (you need to express with you’re face some kind of urgency, so again, eyes slightly wide and lifted eyebrows, you can also slightly nod “no” with your head):  1) Keeping eye contact and keeping your eyes active, first point at yourself with a finger and then point at your friend. (First gesture) 2) (Start of the second gesture) immediately after the first gesture and always maintaining eye contact, here is the decisive moment: you raise your right hand, but the palm should not be facing your friend, the hand should be turned so that your thumb is facing you, the fingers should be joined, except the thumb which must be relaxed, in this way: 🫸🏼 (Attention!!! Perform this second movement, which completes the gesture, naturally, after raising your hand, which must not remain still in the air, otherwise you will look a bit stupid)   The right hand is in the described position  (🫸🏼  ), but now you curve your hand a bit  (not in a rigid way, not making a C with your hand, the thumb is always detached from the other fingers) and tilt it slightly to the left, then lift your left hand horizontally as if you were doing an imaginary curve while lifting it, with the tips of your fingers towards your friend’s direction (again, the fingers of the hand are joined together while the thumb is relaxed and separated from the other fingers, imagine the position you put your hand in when you protrude it to show someone a ring, or your freshly done nails) and move it to the right. Here is the interlocking: the inside corner (not the palm) of your left hand touches the palm of your right hand, and an interlocking is created because the right hand is partly welcomed by the left hand in the space between the thumb and the other fingers. The two hands collide with each other, making a sound similar to the one you hear when you snap your fingers. Repeat the gesture two times with a fast pace. This gesture means "let’s go" . Use with care! Grazie per aver letto! (= Thank you for reading this!) (Photo by Julia Stotz illustrating the second gesture)

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