{"product_id":"silence-lectures-and-writings-paperback","title":"Silence: Lectures and Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Cage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKyle Gann\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, \"to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them.\" Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching (what Cage called \"writing through\").\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis teacher, Arnold Schoenberg, said JOHN CAGE was \"not a composer but an inventor of genius.\" Composer, author, and philosopher, John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912 and by the age of 37 had been recognized by the American Academy of Arts for having extended the boundaries of music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757838663968,"sku":"9780819573650","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/671ec3753429b9278686b43ee3d0bc1c.webp?v=1780113019","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/silence-lectures-and-writings-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}