Stories

"As people become less involved in a task, they can become less prepared to step in when needed. Researchers have called this the out-of-the-loop performance problem." - The Conversation

"A representative for Michaels did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday." - The New York Times

Though some books are more easily adapted than others, "the quality of the source is irrelevant." - The Guardian (UK)

By now, anyone at all online knows it's Billy Evans - but who is he? - The New York Times

Ouf. "Is it wistful or cruel, the movies looking at poets only to find them pitiable, even or especially when they’re howling at the moon? The last artists who can’t make money, who have a pressing and practical concern about old books and what’s in them." - LitHub

Composer Sam Watts: "I knew it was going to be a bit camp and high drama and all the glorious things. ... So I just went with that - dark but fun." - BBC

Basically? "It’s a two-hour whirlwind of pop music-infused teen joy, thoughtful discussion of cultural revisionism, complex young characters, and dynamic performances." - KC Studio

"It’s his essays about art and artists that matter most to me now. Reading them, you often feel you’re standing next to him in the museum or even looking through his eyes at a painting or a sculpture. You pay attention to his attention." - The New York Times

It's not great news for the rural life, but urban London is looking pretty good. - The Guardian (UK)

Possible? Maybe: "Davidson found sources for Puddletown’s business structure by looking backward, to the kind of cooperative arrangements used by first traveling commedia dell’arte companies to Shakespeare’s players, on down to late 19th and early century repertory troupes." Its first show is free. - Oregon ArtsWatch

If you have miraculously missed most of the Kelly Clarkson/small business/rudeness cycle, it's back. The art bird at the center of the Brooklyn storm, once tagged at $15,000, now retails for $15 million. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

"Pilots looking to clock in flight hours and practice tricky turns can have a bit of fun by tracing the shapes of animals, words, phrases, or in Mr. McDaniel’s case, world-class art. Mr. McDaniel’s Instagram moniker is Pilot Picasso." - The New York Times

Sherry Turkle: An AI is "really not afraid of death, it’s not afraid of illness, it's not afraid of pain, it doesn't love its children, and it doesn't care if you kill yourself or make dinner." - Wired

Says the new Sense and Sensibility's costume designer, "It was an amazing experience to try and fight those two sides, making historic accuracy marry up with how I wanted to give us a more modern take in the film." - Variety

Nagy was "a prescient artist turned canny art dealer who brought the New York gallery system to India and contemporary Indian art to the world." - The New York Times