Silence Lectures and Writings by John Cage
Softback; published in 1967 as second MIT Press paperback printing. No writing in book. Covers show wear and slight bending on corners. 273 pages; no writing. Used in good condition. According to reviews from 1967, "John Cage is the outstanding composer of avant-garde music today. The Saturday Review said of him: "Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator- that of an original mind- and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant." "He refuses to sermonize or pontificate. What John Cage offers is more refreshing, more spirited, much more fun-a kind of carefree skinny-dipping in the infinite. It's what's happening now." –The American Record Guide. And, "There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. Sounds occur whether intended or not; the psychological turning in direction of those not intended seems at first to be a giving up of everything that belongs to humanity. But one must see that humanity and nature, not separate, are in this world together, that nothing was lost when everything was given away. I am not a musician and this book is not just about music, although Cage revolutionized the field. This book is about following dreams, about chasing curiosity, about a willingness to be fully human."