Hands, Unguis, and Heart: Experiential Knowing That Lasts
The gelding before me, a dewy-eyed sorrel with a crescent of white on his temple, is taking a breath like a bellows. Close to him, a teenager called Eli is striving to be still. It is not working out. His feet tap a quick rhythm, his hands twist completion of a lead rope, his eyes skitter across the field. I ask Eli what his breath is doing. He shrugs. The horse grunts and swings an ear toward him. We count together, four in, 4 out, and I reveal him exactly how to expand hi