the thumb curls up

 

as if trying to touch the base of the palm

 

subtly, the palm slightly moves aside

 

the thumb now touches the smooth and shiny surface

 

the movement starts from the bottom

 

not exactly in the lower left-hand corner

 

slightly to the right

 

 

with a quick, sharp gesture

 

the thumb follows a circular motion

 

clockwise

 

 

then again and again

 

the gesture gradually transforms

 

it becomes shorter

 

increasingly straighter

 

 

it flows

 

full speed

 

sometimes the movement slows down

 

attention is drawn to the surface on which the thumb glides

 

 

just for a moment

 

back at it again

 

never really stopping

 

the gesture continues

 

endlessly

 

 

where ?

 

 

all that's left is the scroll

 

ineluctable

 

the gesture has become shorter

 

rhythmic, like a tiny pulse

 

thumb-metronome

 

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

 

the only possible interruption: loading

 

nothing but empty air, intense frustration, desynchronization

 

in a fraction of a second, the tempo has changed

 

then, finally, you start again:

 

thumbs well down

 

and gently sweep the surface

 

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

 

to infinity

 

 

tac

 

tac

 

tac

 

 

the thumb rhythms

 

 

tac

 

tac

 

 

the laminar flow of content

 

 

tac

 

 

the automatic gesture of the metronome thumb has cancelled out time