Thanks for reminding me of this---i feel like this most of the time, especially when writing poems---then i seem to end up with a poem anyway...wtf?
bliss l Jim Piat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas savage To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Very short lecture by John Cage In a video interview John Cage did toward the end of his life, he said: "I have nothing to say and I am saying it" and smiled his beautiful smile into the camera. This statement seems to be, to me, if not the sole essence of Cage's program, at least one of them. I say that as someone who has listened to his music most of my life, taught his poems to my students, and who met him once. His memory and his example mean a great deal to me. Regards, Tom Savage Dear, dear Tom, That's a saying a lot. Reminds me of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground (everything I like does)and that famous line from Judgment at Nuremburg "I was aware". I worked for a few years in state prisons -- that line haunts me. But mostly because of what I know of myself. God bless John Cage for exposing another one last truth. We are all aware, we all know it and there is nowhere to hide. Say what we will. There is nothing more or less to say and he said it -- but I just like repeating it for the feel of it in my mouth. Best wishes-- Lewis LaCook Director of Web Development Abstract Outlooks Media 440-989-6481 http://www.abstractoutlooks.com Abstract Outlooks Media - Premium Web Hosting, Development, and Art Photography http://www.lewislacook.org lewislacook.org - New Media Poetry and Poetics http://www.xanaxpop.org Xanax Pop - the Poetry of Lewis LaCook --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.