The calculator is shaped like a box, one that has been take apart and folded together. The keys are like buttons on vending machine. The numbers stick to a pattern well known to someone who has seen one before. They sit there still as if waiting for something. The colors of the square dials are like the sunset over the ocean as they mix the blue of a robin's egg and the pink of a rabbit's nose with the orange like the round pumpkin on a sunny fall day. The clear screen at the top reads digits that have been filed into the system and presented by a connection of small dots through the parts of pieces being placed together like magnet words stuck to one another. The numbers on the dial pad create a sound similar to heels hitting the floor as someone walks by. The large numbers stare at you as you begin to calculate the details of the paper in front of you. The buttons look simple enough, but they appear to be bigger than the the buttons on the telephone. They stick out of their pad ready to receive the placement of numbers to form a calculation of the different formulas that have been repeated over and over again like the numbers dialed on the telephone to a close friend.
This exercise was difficult to work on, because any object I seemed to pick up was so simple. However, as I worked on the comparisons and metaphors, it seemed to become easier than just looking at obvious details of the object. The most interesting thing I noticed when describing this object was how I immediately though of heels hitting the ground when I was typing in numbers. This is the sort of thing that I do not think about on a daily basis. I think this sort of realization is what makes this exercise interesting and helpful, because it really gives you the chance to think outside of this box of titles and definitions the world has for certain objects.
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