Flying Blue

… I went into one room and it was full of a whole horde of stylish deaf and mute people were there on the pull. Every now and then the swirl of hand movements would be in time with the music. It was odd because it was completely packed and animated, but no sound. I began to wonder, what does it look like when they’re flirting or if they’re drunk or telling a bad joke- are the hand motions slightly different? I wonder if when they get drunk their hand movements become slurred. I then thought, what must their poetry be like? It must be a mix of dance as well as poetry-rhyming movements….