on Sounds Being Just Sounds (John Cage)

…why is this so necessary, that sounds should be just sounds?

There are many ways of saying why. One: in order that each sound may become the Buddha. If that’s too Oriental an expression, take the Christian Gnostic statement: ‘split the stick and there is Jesus.’

–John Cage
from Silence

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One Response to on Sounds Being Just Sounds (John Cage)

  1. namaste says:

    Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

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