The linguistic phrase “on line” has come to have a different meaning that it once had. Once upon a time it referred to freshly laundered clothes hanging on a clothesline outside. This book emphasizes an awareness of the digital/mechanized aspects of modern life and the ways meanings of words and phrases change over time.

Artist’s back story for this book: Around 2005 I was noticing that due to awareness of global warming – as well as the expense of a mechanical dryer - “clothes lines” were making a come-back after a long absence.  That reminded me that when I would ask my grandmother where my favorite shirt was she’d say “on line” referring to the clothesline in the back yard.  Suddenly I thought of how meanings of words and phrases had changed over time without my conscious awareness.  Likewise I was suddenly aware that my modern life was mechanically dominated perhaps in ways that I had not consciously chosen.