I love this. I love contemplating language and I am hypermobile (double jointed) so I also spend a lot of time thinking about my unfortunate stretchyness...overarticulation if you like :-) great perspective. lovely images.
Doesn't arthritis also cause swelling and deformation? ugh!
That almost sounds like a super power (but is probably very painful).
Arthritis does cause swelling and deformation- it is interesting to think about how words can also cause pain, and be old and creaky just when we want them to be young and nimble.