Identify that Letter! Part 4: Of Wires, Chains, Chopsticks...and Danishes?!

In some cases, flexible materials such as wires, ropes, chains, or the like can be used to form many different kinds of shapes: letters, numbers, and/or symbols. This is a picture of a thin, white link cable for an iPod™ (or any other portable gadget manufactured by Apple) that can be connected to any computer with a USB plug. As one can see, it has been deliberately molded into the shape of a capital letter “B.” The curvilinear vertical column and the two arched spaces are what allow the wire to take shape of such a seemingly undetectable letter (that is, in terms of finding it in one’s environment).

Again, this is another picture of an object that has been intentionally formed into a shape of a specific letter. In this case, it is a metallic chain of a silver Swiss Army™ pocket watch; it has been molded into the shape of a lowercased letter “Z.” The chain traces a noticeable zigzag course – it is because of this distinct feature that it is distinguishable as the letter “Z.” The two vertical lines and the single, slanted and columnar line in between them make up the roundabout letter. Indeed, it is interesting to see how a chain can visually transform into something else whenever it comes bending and curving its flexible linear structure.

This is a simple, yet effective demonstration of combining two objects to form a letter. It is a picture of a pair of chopsticks intersecting one another atop a dining table. The crossing of these thin, wooden sticks resulted in the formation of an uppercased letter “X.” After all, in most cases, two lines crisscrossing each other at a certain point on a plane can automatically be identified as an “X.”  Furthermore, since the dining table has a dark, smooth and reflective texture, both of the chopsticks appear to be illuminated and noticeable because they are brighter in terms of color.

These days, Starbucks cafes sell these Cheese Danishes for $1.95 each – however, despite the exhibition of such a tempting offer that many people may find difficult to resist, the point of interest lies in the center of these delightful pastries. If people were to observe the middle of these Danishes much more closely and carefully, they may realize that the crusted openings are shaped like a lowercased letter “T.” Moreover, a vertical column and a horizontal line nearly situated at its top can automatically register as a lowercased “T” to many people the moment they lay their eyes on it.