One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
He who writes must master the rules of grammar. He who shoots photographs needs only to follow the instructions as given by the camera. . . . This leads to the paradox that the more people shoot photographs, the less they are capable of deciphering them.
Das Ganze der Erfahrung gleicht einer Geheimschrift und die Philosophie der Entzifferung derselben. The whole of experience is like a cryptograph, and philosophy is like the deciphering of it.
The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most important, it's flawed.
Let the bird sing without deciphering the song.