How Talking and Singing is a Form of Touch

When one person talks to another, sound waves mobilize the recipient's ear follicles. Talking, like live singing, is a form of touch. As such, don't skip over this important passage in Wired magazine's article on one writer's year with a flip phone:

Later, my mom would admit this: My voice sounded so much clearer through the Kyocera than it ever did on my iPhone. Makes sense—telephony was its primary purpose. And I was, for once, talking into the phone, not near-ish a fancy multipurpose brick. Didn’t help the cause, though. To her, my flip phone was not only proof of insanity but ...

Re-routing all communiques from voice exchanges to typing on a screen deprives the senses. Engage someone's ears to break through the digital haze.

#soundistouch


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Further Reading:

Disruption and Disconnection Amplify Post Traumatic Stress:   offlinereport.net





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