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[WassermanEmr@aol.com]

Isn't the whole idea about having faith in humanity?  Achieving a  collective 
or cosmic consciousness?  Then making music?  He never  really said that, but 
that's the feeling I got from everything I have absorbed  about his program.  
I met John Cage at his MOMA retrospective, just a few  weeks before he died, 
and all he seemed to want to do was laugh and feel  good.  Humanity and living 
life was more important than anything else, even  music.  He seemed to want 
everyone to rise to the occasion: organizers,  conductors, musicians and 
audience.  Play your part well, then bask in  it for a few moments or a lifetime.  
Improvise, adapt and overcome.
 
Best,
 
John Emr - New York City


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