[silence] The Third Mind show at the Guggenheim

[Brian Brandt]

I must agree with Stephen's assessment of the "The Third Mind" show. 
It's a really great show and highly recommended. It's also great to see 
that the very first quote (on the wall) when you begin the show comes 
from Cage.
Brian Brandt

saddiss wrote:
> Regarding Cage and disciples, I was one of his pupils at the New School 
> in the late 1950's, and as I recall, he certainly didn't try to make us 
> into mini-Cages (he later commented that he wanted people to get out of 
> their cages), but rather encouraged us to stretch ourselves in 
> experimentation and exploration.  He only talked about his own music 
> when asked, and as he said of his own studies with D. T. Suzuki, "Very 
> frequently you would leave the lecture without any consciousness of 
> having learned anything . . . .nothing would have been pounded into 
> your head or even made noticeable to you."   The result was that 
> members of the class, such as Toshi Ichiyanagi, Jackson Mac Low, Dick 
> Higgins, Allen Kaprow, George Brecht, Al Hansen, Scott Hyde and Carol 
> Galente, all had very different lives and careers.
>
> By the way, has anyone here seen the new exhibition at the Guggenheim 
> in NYC, "The Third Mind; American Artists Contemplate Asia"?  Cage is 
> prominently featured, including a number of his own art works.
>
> Stephen Addiss
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