Susan Stenger: Irish American composer and voice artist. In an empty row on a crowded plane.
Late boarders take the remaining seats: mother, father, screaming child. Hard luck. But then the mother pulls out a tablet and gives it to the little girl. Touchscreen silence.
“Amazing…” whispers Stenger. The mother cheerfully responds:
“Yes, not like our first. But television is a problem. She crawls up to the screen and paws at it, hits it, cries. She can’t understand why she can’t control the content.”