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On 4/5/07, david  wrote:

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> > Actually, no. The points are (more or less in the order of importance)

> > recontextualization of silence, exploration of indeterminacy, and

> > relinquishing the control over the creative process (which is to some extent

> > an outgrowth of the second point).

>

> The point was that Cage was too damn lazy or arrogant to create

> anything, so he produced 4'33" of meaningless nothingness. The piece

> reminds me of wide swathes of what passes for modern art in the painting

> world, where the painting is accompanied by a densely-written, 3-5 page

> explanation of the painting. Without the textual explanation, the

> painting itself communicates NOTHING - no meaning, etc. (IMHO, this is a

> sure sign that the work was funded by a grant.) As my artist-daughter

> describes them, they're a "spot on the wall."

I think you haven't heard a good performance of it.
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