I have an aversion to buckets.

W. J. T. Mitchell once referenced a “gap” between image and text. I don’t see a gap. When did you last respond to a text message with an emoji? What is the difference in “Thanks.” with a period versus “Thx” with no punctuation at all? The images have as much meaning as the combination of letters: there is no gap at all. Image and text reflect and refract each other like the iridescence of a dragonfly wing.

When is “O” a letter and when is it a condensed digital map of the universe?