With Heart: Emoji Interpreters

Daina Bouquin: Imagine it's nineteen ninety-five, and you're sixteen in a bedroom outside Tokyo. It's a little gray plastic thing, small enough to close your fingers around, with a narrow screen to display a line of numbers.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of could, heart, people, including: The house is quiet, but you're awake, sprawled on your bed staring at your pager.

1. 01If you wanted a one-pixel wide line to run down the center of your image, like you would if you were drawing a heart, there is nowhere to put it
2. 02Strong emphasis on could as a practical decision point.
3. 03Strong emphasis on heart as a practical decision point.