On Legitimacy or Maybe Opacity
David Sugarman
4/10/15
Ruby says: I want to answer Penelope’s question.
Anna says: Women! Homosexuals! The Disabled! Arabs!
List of people writing things down:
Berengere
Penelope
(Me)
People Not Writing:
Anna
Kim
Oliver
Eoghan
Chad
Nuri
Anna says: I want you to answer Penelope’s question.
Who is listening?
Eoghan has his arms crossed.
Gina is nodding.
Kim looks nervous?
Oliver, diligent.
Anna touches her lip.
Berengere’s hair is growing long—it looks nice!
Ruby read three books before she understood Glissant at age 4.
“Twinkling eyes.” Who said this? What was the context? Follow up.
Penelope says: This isn’t an actual comment.
Eoghan says: This might be stupid.
Are there more carrots? Have I had more than my fair share of bread?
Who has nodded thus far:
Eoghan
Kim
Gina
Anna
Chad
Sam has recently read Invisible Man.
[Enter Vignesh]: Hello everyone.
Anna says: That’s what I’m sort of starting to think about.
Chad says: That’s just me being useless.
Gina says: There’s nothing to uncover.
Ruby commends Eoghan’s comment on “the medial.” Eoghan responds: Mmhmm. Ruby says: Can you say more? I don’t think Eoghan can say more.
Nuri is now writing. Chad is writing. “There’s no colon!” someone says. “That’s interesting to me!” Have I had more than my fair share of bread?