To those who spend half their life in near proximity to a keyboard, each key has a voice as well as a symbol. As a finger passes over the keyboard, each key attracts with its symbol, and as a fingertip presses down upon it, it releases that voice. A consonant clicks as it watches the vowel beside it, which whistles or rustles. Up above numbers and special characters sit in silence, hearing their own heartbeats. When deployed, they will stop the noise for a moment, a second or a split- : they are rests in the measure, so to speak. The result is a song of the alphabet, a collection of symbols that sound together without shedding any individuality. Every word has so much music already knit into it.
©2020 Ben Greenman/Stupid Ideas
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