Imagine

You are driving in your car towards home and listening to your favourite album. You turn your steering wheel to the left to pull into your driveway and you feel the shudder as your front wheels lower into and raise off the concave guttering. The shudder is transmitted to your hands and your arms and into your shoulders where it dissipates. Once you stop the car in front of your garage door you use your right hand to turn the key in the ignition to the standby position because your favourite song is next. You reach across to push the rounded stereo button with the painted forward arrow symbol worn away. You skip to your track.

     Your favourite song plays and that sets off the earworm in your head and you know the tune will play through your mind during the rest of the evening whenever you are letting your mind drift. And you wish for many of those moments.

     Once the song is complete you turn the keys in the ignition to the off position and pull out the key using your right thumb and index finger. You can feel the click of the lock as the key withdraws. You use your right hand to pull the door handle and push the door open. The muscles of your forearm and upper arm tighten as you push against the resistance of the door.

     Now step out of the car and stand. Feel your leg muscles and trunk muscles elongate as you stand and reach to the sky with both arms to lengthen what feels like every muscle and joint in your body. You can feel the endorphin rush from a simple stretch. Now lower your right hand with the keys and put the keys in your pocket. Feel the denim against your skin as you slide your hand into you loose jeans. And out.

    Walk towards your front door and as you do feel your right arm and left arm swing gently with each step. Your right arm forward as your left foot swings forward. As you reach your front door you hear the song play again and you smile with your mouth and your eyes. Reach back into your pocket and retrieve your keys. Fan the keys out on your right palm until you spy the correct one and arrange the pile so you can clasp the housekey. Gently grasp the rest of the keys in the rest of your fingers and feel the brass of the housekey between your thumb and index finger. It is slightly warm from your body heat while it rested in your pocket.

     Feel each click of the lock as you put the key in and turn it to the right and hear the opening of the lock. 

     Admittance to your home. 

     Use your left hand at the same time to turn the doorknob and push with both arms to open the door. Feel the pressure of the smooth painted wood on your right palm.

     Once you are inside take your smart phone out and click the button and slide your right thumb across the screen to unlock it. 

     Feel the plastic: cold and hard and lifeless. Much like the medium itself.