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Inspired by the paintings and drawings of hands and feet by Adolph von Menzel I saw recently in Berlin, I decided to do one myself. A fascinating study of those weird appendages we may not really think about much in our day to day busy-ness. The longer you look the more strange and wondrous they appear.
![Adolph-von-Menzel-xx-The-Artist's-Foot-xx-Bochum-Kunstvermittlung](http://valnelson.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/adolph-von-menzel-xx-the-artists-foot-xx-bochum-kunstvermittlung.jpg?w=250)