reaching up
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- skywardToward the firmament
- fingertipsTerminal phalanx pads
tiptoes · arms · straining · ceiling · shelf · high · climbing · ladder · branches · stars · aspiring · yearning · longing · heavenward · lifting · raised · outstretched · elevated
aspiration/effort
reaching upgiving up
Choosing to stop trying
lowering one's sights · settling · resigning · surrendering · capitulating
bodily extension vs. contraction
reaching upcurling up
Drawing limbs inward
huddling · contracting · withdrawing · tucking in · shrinking