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Having studied Art History at Edinburgh University, Margery maintains an active interest in the subject. She regularly visits galleries and museums with friends, and often passes on her experience to her family. In this example she has read about a painting at the portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and gone on to visit it – she has passed on the same news clipping that inspired her visit to Pablo, with a short note. This model of her communication is very brief and to the point, something that it has in common with the postcard from Perthshire. Although the note says that it was “today” that Margery visited the gallery, we know from her interviews that it is uncommon for her to write off about an event that same day. Margery sees this painting to be of interest to Pablo purely because of it’s tie with Dundee, however Pablo is actually more interested in the artwork than the geographical context, and so Margery is not knowingly encouraging Pablo’s interest in art beyond what he would usually look for. The contrast between their tastes is something that these networked objects will highlight: as the process was repeated, both parties will become more educated about the different artists admired by people in different age ranges.

The clipping itself has been folded to fit in an envelope, and the small piece of paper accompanied it. Margery does not write on the clippings she sends, and leaves any interpretation up to Pablo.

To send something such as this through our writing tablet would be involved in a very similar process, as if she was folding the clipping for an envelope, she would fold the clipping for the slot. This is an important stage in the process as Newspapers are typed on such thin paper, that to send to anyone we inevitably fold it, even to physically pass it on to someone.