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Steve Schwartz wrote:
>Peter Wisse wrote:
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>>Couldn't it be, that Cage is just poking fun at us, and is laughing
>>his head off, because all those connoisseurs of the arts are taking it
>>seriously, are explaining to each other in their argot of the arts the
>>profound meaning of 4 minutes of nothing!
If you have read about how he prepared and worked on this, and seen the
instructions to the performers, no, he was taking it very seriously indeed.
>>One encounters the same in the visual arts, consider a painting consisting
>>only of a totally blue canvas, the incrowd call it Thrilling, and think
>>that they told us anything useful,
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>Is this a real painting? Have you seen it?
And perhaps provide a link to an Art Critic calling it Thrilling, too. Hm.
Reminds me of some stories we've heard about cats walking on pianos and
musicians doing finger exercises.
David Runnion
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