
11/10/2025
GIVE LIFE THE ELBOW
Thank your elbow next time you eat. Guardians of precision, try changing a lightbulb, adjust your mirror or read a book, without moving your elbows.
Etched into our evolution, our ancestors required our elbows to brake the intensity and speed of descent from trees, climbing down from our arboreal beds β taking refuge from nocturnal predators.
A silent enabler of human survival, from the primal act of grasping branches to the habitual clasping of our phones. The elbow enables our curiosity, guiding our action of writing, painting, or threading a needle.
Our hand movement is an integral part of what makes us human.
Read my blog on the elbow
https://lizziebird.co.uk/give-life-the-elbow/