Evolution of Communication with Ian Sanborn

[TRANSCRIPT. Note: The transcript is intended to be English descriptions and is not the English version of this ASL poem.]
(Ian Sanborn is standing in front of a white background. The video is in black and white.)
A swirl of people speaking to each other.
I sit and watch in silence.
I stand up.
I walk.
I walk amid the noise.
Someone tries to speak to me.
I keep walking.
Someone tries to speak to me.
I attempt to sign back.
It is futile.
I gesture back.
I write back.
People keep speaking to me.
People bump into me.
I start to run.
Suddenly, there is ringing. I pause.
Someone walks up and answers the phone.
I reach out, but the person holds up their finger to me.
Now ringing is everywhere.
Everyone is talking to each other.
I write a note and show it to a person.
They read it and hand it back to me, still talking on the phone.
Amid the noise there is silence.
I continue walking.
The ground shakes.
I come across a door.
I open it.
I press on the heavy TTY keys.
I type faster.
The ground vibrates.
Paper scrolls up.
"I love you."
I leave the room.
I walk.
Lights flash.
I enter a room.
There is a light flashing.
I come across a TTY and place a phone atop it.
A lightbulb goes on.
Words appear in a scrolling marquee.
"GA"
I type back.
I type "GA"
Words appear again.
We type back and forth.
"SK"
I rip the paper off.
"I love you SK SK"
I attempt to bring the TTY with me.
I cannot.
I leave the room.
I walk.
I come across a door.
I open it and see a screen.
I press the remote and an eye flaps open.
The screen powers on and I fall back into a seat.
An interpreter appears on the screen.
I start to sign and the interpreter interprets.
My heart swells.
I sign.
I hang up and the screen powers down.
I leave the room.
I walk.
I come across a door.
I open it and there is a phone.
I scroll up.
I press on the phone and an interpreter appears.
I sign back.
I sign "I love you."
I scroll up.
The phone falls down.
I take it with me out of the room.
I walk.
I sign.
I walk and sign.
I spot someone signing.
I walk.
Someone comes up to me and signs.
I sign and sign.
I walk and sign.
I sign freely.
I approach a door.
I open the door.
(Ian is now in front of a landscape inside a white frame. The video is in color.)

[@JewlTonz]

I come back to watch this frequently. I can't express how much I love it!!

[@Universestarla]

Smiling love is such powerful like sun! So much love, namaste!!!!

[@DeafSouthPaw]

I'm thankful for this video. I had forgotten how it was and how far we've come. The emotions depicted are very real and accurate.

[@JewlTonz]

Tears overflowing... that was so moving!

[@kantishona2732]

First time I saw this one is a good time to catch up with an idea of what I have to do to get this feeling of being first time will be doing an visual vernacular for this weekend coming only NZ and Oz sign wilf show all the best xo love this so deeply madly 💟

[@Pr1140a]

You make me my arms so goosebumps being much like hands and body singer and beautiful who we are deaf as like you! Thanks for share your vlog or youtube! 😄

[@kimtaylor7949]

SO beautiful!

[@KitKatSam27]

Wow, this was beautiful!!

[@marinela9834]

Magnifique!

[@wallysonruan]

GREAT VIDEO, HOLYSMOKES! KUDOS FROM BRAZIL

[@clarepryden5932]

Awesome

[@davidalegria2437]

i fucking love it!!

[@jdpr97]

WOOF!!!!