Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Rod Stasick <>]

Yes, Richard. Watts did say this to some extent and I'm very familiar with his statement

being that I have all of the lectures and most of the books and even had a chance to meet him

in '72 (my introduction to Cage personally who was there too!)

I'm speaking about a rather recent article that I read - within the past couple of months

from a fellow of whom I cannot recall the name right now. I remember being rather irritated

by the step-by-step dismantling of Cage's understanding of Buddhism and Zen in particular.

I'll see if I can recall the author (a Japanese or Chinese fellow?) and article and post more info.

Rod

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On Jul 19, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Richard Friedman wrote:

I think the fellow was Alan Watts, who may have said the Cage got Zen all wrong, to which Cage apparently replied "Does it matter?" 

The whole exchange, repeated often, may be totally fiction. But I think it clearly identifies the character of both men.

<R>

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Rod Stasick <> wrote:

Enjoying this book immensely.
I'm wondering now about another
article (mentioned here?) by a fellow
who claimed that Cage got Zen all wrong -
that he misunderstood what Zen was really about.
Of course, when someone claims to know all about
Zen, that alone can make the accusations suspect.

Thanks again,

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