A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection. ✨ John Cage (2…

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A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.78, Wesleyan University Press
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Every something is an echo of nothing ✨ John Cage (2011). Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition, p.12, Wesleyan University Press
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A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection. ✨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.78, Wesleyan University Press

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