From the artist, Scott Barrow:
I love typewriters.
They are mechanical wonders that when used to their fullest potential seem as if they
might fly apart at any moment.
They are Noisy, percussive yet elegant and responsive.
They are a tactile and immediate connection to our thoughts and feelings as we put
them to paper.
Computer keyboards serve the same purpose, but they keep us at a distance.
When your fingers dance across the keys of a Remington, a Royal or an Underwood
you are at one with the machine and that physical contact locks in the emotions of your
words.
Typewriters are collection points. They embrace our energy, our joy and our fears and
become wiser with every correspondence.
When I first saw this machine with the Hebrew keyboard I was smitten. It was foreign,
yet familiar. The British Pound symbol “£” implies that it was in Palestine when the
British were there.
I wonder,
was this typewriter owned by a diplomat corresponding with a contemporary in London,
by a journalist reporting to their editor
maybe just someone like you or me writing home to family or a distant lover?
I wonder. Barrow
“Dear Moshe,”
Evidently, typewriters are also very good at keeping secrets.