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The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs PHOTO
Felipe Barral
– bun Chino Otogawa Ko (Wei Wu) and Steve Jobs (John Moore) from Austin Opera’s production, directed by Tomer Zvulun.
PROLOGUE 1965: The Jobs family garage, Los Altos Paul Jobs presents his son Steve with a workbench as a birthday present and calls it “a fine place to start.” SCENE 1 2007: The stage of a convention center, San Francisco An adult Steve Jobs delivers a public launch of his company’s new product—“one device”—that will revolutionize technology. He ends his pitch noticeably weak and short of breath. SCENE 2 2007, directly after: Corporate offices, Cupertino Steve retreats to his office. His wife Laurene chides him for not taking better care of himself and losing himself in his work. She asks him to return home. SCENE 3 2007, later that afternoon: The hills around Cupertino Steve goes on a long meditative walk. He encounters -bun Chino Otogawa, Steve’s former spiritual mentor Ko -to - Zen Buddhism, who died five years before. Steve in So remembers something he once said: “You can’t connect the dots going forward. You can only connect them -bun going backward.” As they gaze at the sunset, Ko prompts Steve to acknowledge his mortality.
