I am just glad the USPTO has not granted a patent on the 4'33" silence. (01)
;-) (02)
On 9/13/07 2:59 PM, "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: (03)
> I hate to prolong this thread by adding more, but I'd like
> to cite the book on holes by Casati & Varzi, which is
> summarized in the following article:
>
> http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holes/
> Holes (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
>
> As I said many notes ago, if Cage's 4'33 had an opening sound
> followed by silence and then a closing sound, one could say it
> was a composition that included that period of silence. But if
> there is no sound at the beginning or the end, there is nothing
> but a silence that has no delimiters.
>
> That would be like talking about an imaginary hole that is
> delimited by nothing but other holes. You can define such
> a thing, if you wish, but then you're not using the English
> word 'hole' as people normally use it.
>
> John
>
>
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