Did Paul Klee create Twitter in 1922 with magic?


	Did Paul Klee create Twitter in 1922 with magic?

Koheli

8-10-2009 6:50 PM

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Koheli says:

The artist Paul Klee was into using ideographs of all kinds, including hieroglyphics, hex signs and prehistoric cave images, he may have unwittingly created the Twitter meme

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