My friend, Jack, from Taiwan, has set me up with my new obsession: Pili (Puppets) from Taiwan. Reminds me of Kung Fu Panda. Quite popular in Taiwan. 1000 episodes over 3 generations. Hand puppets about 1 meter tall. Intricate plots and yet not. Much Tao. Much Zen.
I once asked you how it feels standing in the rain; you said nothing. Now I
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Although commonly perceived as "four minutes thirty-three seconds of silence", the piece actually consists of the sounds of the environment that the listeners hear while it is performed.
In 1951, Cage visited the anechoic chamber at Harvard University. An anechoic chamber is a room designed in such a way that
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