some footnotes, to recent discussions

Samuel Beckett, What Is the Word (for Joe Chaikin).
the aphasia aspect (Joe Chaikin had suffered a stroke during production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and was dealing with resultant aphasia) connects with Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Letter of Lord Chandos that we recently read, partly in connection with Kayla's project.

Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey,
the Calder passage related in particular to Angel's project.

highlights the milestones in Guerrero’s life: his serendipitous enrollment in photography classes, his 1939 meeting with Wright at Taliesin West (Scottsdale, AZ), his World War II service and his post-war magazine photography career in New York City, shooting interiors while his work with Wright continued. Settling in New Canaan, CT, Guerrero describes his life after Wright’s death, his work with (Alexander) Calder and the end of his magazine assignments because of his vocal opposition to the Vietnam War. This led to more work with Calder, and eventually, (Louise) Nevelson.

Sherry Turkle. Stop Googling. Let’s Talk. (The New York Times, SundayReview 26-27 September 2015
on attention and distractions.

The app way of thinking starts with the idea that actions in the world will work like algorithms: Certain actions will lead to predictable results.
This attitude can show up in friendship as a lack of empathy. Friendships become things to manage; you have a lot of them, and you come to them with tools. So here is a first step: To reclaim conversation for yourself, your friendships and society, push back against viewing the world as one giant app. It works the other way, too: Conversation is the antidote to the algorithmic way of looking at life because it teaches you about fluidity, contingency and personality.

Alex Williams. Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z (The New York Times, 18/20 September 2015)