I've never heard of the "Iwishtosay.org" website or project until my art & technology class. I really think it's amazing thing that Oring is doing, it gives the common person their freedom of speech and allows someone who would originally never be able to contact the president, a way to do so. That's amazing! I think the thing that I love most about this project is that Sheryl decides to dress up in 60's attire with an old-fashioned manual type-writer. In my opinion this really gives off a sense of security with the people who approach her. Instead of having a macbook open ready to type someones thoughts onto an LCD screen, the type-writer really allows an intimate connection between the author and the person dictating their thoughts aloud. In this day and age whenever you participate in something you are ALWAYS asked a serious of questions, especially you are asked some kind of information so someone can send you ads or what not. An old-fashioned manual type-writer breaks that barrier, because it's a machine only capable of doing one things --- putting thoughts on paper.
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