Thinking together about research at the 2018 SAERA conference and our bodies assert their presence in the room where other bodies, even the glasses, sit in lines and ask questions of us. They and the water are silent but vibrate and resonate as we talk and send waves into the air. Theresa’s solidity interferes with the light and the image on the screen and Sumaya dances between the words. Words and ideas meet in the spaces between us and the colleagues who have come to listen