[silence] silence Digest, Vol 79, Issue 12

[Glenn Freeman]

John Emr wrote:

> 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 Cage once, 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.