Hold right hand, back up, in front of and lower than right shoulder, hand near body, hand nearly closed, but back of fingers from knuckles to second joints nearly on line with back of hand; move the hand horizontally to front, at same time, by wrist action; twist the hand to right and left.
Making the Sign of the Tortoise, W.P. Clark, in A World of Turtles, edited by Gregory McNamee and Luis Alberto Urrea. Photo of photo of Patti Smith, dated 1977, signed by photographer, Richard McCaffrey