Seven 9s and 10s

halfbakedidea: theworstthingsforsale: For only $0.89, you can buy an MP3 of John Cage’s 1952 composition, 4’33”. Merry Christmas, steelopus. Some might think I’m crazy, but I don’t think it’s necessarily a waste of money to buy a recorded performance of 4’33”. There are often interesting things that you can pick out of “the silence,” so long as the recording is of decent quality. With that said… I think it’d be far more rewarding for people to perform it themselves. Grab a stopwatch and stand somewhere and just listen to the world spinning beneath your feet. I imagine it’s a lot like meditation, but rather than looking inward you are intensely focusing on the noises that the world around you is making. Here’s a link to my performance of 4’33”, from my senior recital back in 2001.

halfbakedidea:

theworstthingsforsale:

For only $0.89, you can buy an MP3 of John Cage’s 1952 composition, 4’33”.

Merry Christmas, steelopus.

Some might think I’m crazy, but I don’t think it’s necessarily a waste of money to buy a recorded performance of 4’33”. There are often interesting things that you can pick out of “the silence,” so long as the recording is of decent quality.

With that said… I think it’d be far more rewarding for people to perform it themselves. Grab a stopwatch and stand somewhere and just listen to the world spinning beneath your feet. I imagine it’s a lot like meditation, but rather than looking inward you are intensely focusing on the noises that the world around you is making.

Here’s a link to my performance of 4’33”, from my senior recital back in 2001.

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