121,434
Messages
≈ 336 a day
One year of words between Umaima & Abdul — counted, weighed, and pressed flat like wildflowers between the pages of a book.
The whole correspondence, tallied to the last message.
Quiet through autumn, then January arrived and never let up.
Every day from the first message to the last. The darker the square, the more was said.
Each square is one hour of one weekday, shaded by how much was said. The nights are loud.
Some words earn their keep.
Close — but Umaima had the last word more often than not.
Two people, two very different ways of texting. He opens the day, she closes the night. ★ marks who leads.
The three busiest hours weren't noon or evening — they were midnight, 11pm, and 1am.
A few numbers that stand entirely on their own.
One unbroken back-and-forth, no real pause from afternoon to nearly dawn.
A handful of moments worth marking.
Pick any date in the year and see what the record holds.
Where it began, and where the record currently rests.