Hand heart

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A hand heart is a gesture in which a person forms a heart shape using their fingers. The "hand heart" is typically formed by one using both thumbs to form the bottom of the heart, while bending the remaining fingers and having them connect at the fingernails in order to form a heart shape. Often, two people will each form half of a heart, conjoining the two as a sign of affection. The upside down hand heart gesture is regarded as first being used in modern art in 1989, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who created an art image of the gesture as his first artwork named Family Syntax. The gesture gained popularity between the mid 2000s-early 2010s. Since early in her career, Taylor Swift has used the gesture in conjunction with her concert performances, most notably during the bridge during her song "Fearless", from her 2008 album of the same name. This gesture was added to Unicode 14.0 and Emoji 14.0 in 2021 with code point U+1FAF6 🫶 HEART HANDS. The gesture and symbol has been seen...

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