April 27, 2014
Speak Italian: The
Fine Art of the Gesture
Bruno Munari
Perfetto – We are
living in an age when texting, Tweeting and all sorts of technology are tilting
written communication back toward a form of hieroglyphics, in which pictograms
trump words. And with scientists now studying whether an increased use of digital
devices leads to a shrinking vocabulary, it’s a good time to bone-up on an
ancient but powerful communication tool: the gesture. Movement conveys meaning
and sometimes a hundred words are better summarized with the thrust of a finger
or the flick of a wrist. Visiting Harvard earlier this year, our friend from
Firenze, Alessandro Bigazzi, purchased this slim book for Robert and me. (Gifts
are sweet gestures themselves.) We have a long way to go before we’re close to
mastering the art of the gesture, but this handy guide is a fun place to start.

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