[sw-l] Handshape question, "Stand" and "Look"

[Natasha Escalada-Westland]

Greetings SW colleagues,
 
I am developing a lesson on teaching classifers and I am debating which handshapes to use in my presentation.  The ASL signpuddle dictionary cites:
 

   and      as the handshapes for "stand" and "look-at" respectively.
 
As I look at myself signing these, and as I think of using them as classifiers to describe types or ways of standing or looking-at, I see the following actual handshapes used:
 
 
  and  
 
The "Lessons in SignWriting Web Gallery" explanation of Handshape group 2 doesn't include the above handsapes, although I do understand them to mean index and middle fingers bent slightly at the proximal knuckle.
 
First question...  Do the signs in the ASL SignPuddle need to be updated as written for these concepts?  To keep the fingers straight requires unnatural lifting of the shoulder and elbow.
 
Second question... is there an updated lesson book or handshape list that includes the second set of handshapes somwhere on the SignWriting website?
 
Thank you!
Natasha Escalada-Westland, M.Ed. (D/HH), Macromedia Cert.www.westlandasl.com 
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