Mike Leghorn wrote:

>I meant, if I'm watching, oh, let's say "ER", and I mute the sound, am I
>listening to Cage?

Of course not.  Why do folks ask questions like that about this piece.  It
seems so uncomplicated to me.  You're listening to Cage when you are at a
concert and the program includes 4'33".  That is when you are participating
in his music, sitting respectfully and truly listening to the music of
silence, or more accurately, the music that fills silence all by itself.

You can enjoy the silence of a muted ER but that's just you enjoying
silence, it is not Cage.

David Runnion