A Telephone Rings and Someone Speaks

exchange | ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ, ɛksˈtʃeɪndʒ |noun1 an act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return: negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace | [mass noun] : opportunities for the exchange of information. I have always held a fascination for the sheer magic of telephony, with the transmission of disembodied voices across unimaginable distance, combining a direct intimacy with a paradoxical anonymity, a voice speaking directly into ones ear as if relating secrets, with magical powers to connect us across great distances. I would describe this as magic in it's purest form, the transformation of base materials into new forms using the ritualised methods of science