John Cage

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The most interesting artist in this slideshow to me was John Cage. The fact that he made his audience sit and listen to nothing for four minutes and thirty three seconds is brilliant. I like to think that there really is music everywhere- in nature, in human whispers, in creaks of buildings. And John Cage had a bunch of people there to hear his music, hear their own music, and the music of the world. people going to a performance expect to have art and liesure thrown at them to enjoy. This time around, they had to work for it. They had to think, and they had to realize the everyday pleasantness that most of them pass by without a thought. I'm sure people were confused, but John Cage was happy to take the chance that people wouldn't understand him, just so that he can possibly enlighten some about the world around them. I say bravo Cage.