Music is a means of rapid transportation. β¨ John Cage (2010). Silence: Lectures and Writings, p.59, Wesleyan University Press
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- Artists talk a lot about freedom. So, recalling the expression free as a bird, Morton Feldman went to a park one day and spent some time watching our feathered friends. When he came back, he said, Yo β¦ βΆ
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