things one waits for
detail, package containing
τηλεγραφικός συνθηματικοσ κώδιξ / telegraphic cipher code (Athens, 1925)
9 May 2015
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“...a postal philosophy... would have to start with an analysis of waiting. Letters are things one waits for — or they arrive unexpectedly. Of course, waiting is a religious category : it means hoping. The post office is founded on the principle of hope.“
Vilém Flusser, Does Writing Have a Future? (1987, 2011) : 104
tags:
deserts; distances; loess; thicket; waiting
Vilém Flusser; τηλεγραφικός συνθηματικοσ κώδιξ (1925)