Going through a newspaper
newspaper by its 'ears', its pages spanning like the wings of a mythical paper bird, is a gesture-habit that, above all, is empowering. In an age of mob scrolling, the sheer physicality of handling foldable paper has currency.
The ritual begins with the crisp rustle of the paper as it unfolds, a sound as crackling as the morning itself. The broadsheet layout, a canvas of images and words, headlines trickling into copies, invites a leisurely exploration the regular gobbler of info can't afford.
Each page turned is a journey through stories — of real people, local happenings, global events, sporting triumphs, not to mention the daily dose of comic strips, crosswords and the tongue-in-cheek in a curated space.
It's technology at its most subtle: a shared experience, dope for conversation, a link to everyone else without the bother of actually meeting everyone else… all through the medium of ink on paper that no power surge, or buffering, or 'no connection' can snap.
If you thought going through a newspaper was only about downloading information — ha! — think again.
