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- From: "david kotlowy" <myo_on@ozemail.com.au>
- To: "Rod Stasick" <rod@stasick.org>, silence@virginia.edu
- Subject: [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:00:10 +0930
Early 2012 this critical analysis was posted to the list:
John_Cage's_Entanglement_with_the_Ideas_of_Coomaraswamy,_Ed_Crooks_PhD_thesis
It also became irritating to me.
David Kotlowy
South Australia
----- Original Message -----From:"Rod Stasick" <rod@stasick.org>To:<silence@virginia.edu>Cc:Sent:Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:55:34 -0500Subject:[silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influenceYes, Richard. Watts did say this to some extent and I'm very familiar with his statementbeing that I have all of the lectures and most of the books and even had a chance to meet himin '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 monthsfrom a fellow of whom I cannot recall the name right now. I remember being rather irritatedby 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.RodOn 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 <rod@stasick.org> 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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Richard Friedman
Oakland, California
http://rchrd.com/
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, wthb, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rod Stasick, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Richard Friedman, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rod Stasick, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Ed Crooks, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rod Stasick, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rob Haskins, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rod Stasick, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, david kotlowy, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Ed Crooks, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rod Stasick, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Richard Friedman, 07/19/2012
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- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, wthb, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Goldstein, Louis, 07/19/2012
- [silence] Re: Re: Re: Re: Bio of John Cage explores Zen Buddhist influence, Rod Stasick, 07/19/2012
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