{"product_id":"immortal-gestures-journeys-in-the-unspoken","title":"Immortal Gestures Journeys in the Unspoken","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is an old Buddhist adage: the teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. To achieve enlightenment, you are not supposed to look at the finger. You are supposed to look to the celestial light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI am asking you to look at the finger. The finger is also the moon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA tilted head. A finger to the lips. A wave that could mean emphasis or dismissal. A raised palm of piety and fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur gestures do not simply point to our thoughts, they areour thoughts made flesh. They can be instinctive, intuitive, or calculated -- or all three. They exist in the briefest moment and through history, in a gently turned wrist and across whole nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur gestures drag stories with them, whether they mean to or not. They are invitations to think about how our worlds are larger than they seem -- how we are much larger than we seem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoin award-winning philosopher Damon Young -- author of The Art of Readingand Philosophy in the Garden-- as he sheds light on thirteen curious gestures. Drawing equally from classical poetry and science-fiction, heavy metal and ballet, Young illuminates our varied humanity from prehistory to today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Immortal Gestures Journeys in the Unspoken","offer_id":44473156174021,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-925849-22-6.jpg?v=1739499356","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/immortal-gestures-journeys-in-the-unspoken","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}