Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Louis Coppersmith <>]

I can't seem to find your quote, but Cage did describe his non-syntactical writings with phrase borrowed from Marshall McLuhan, "brushing information against information."   Check out MUSICAGE around page 51.  (maybe "brushing"="butting"?)

There are also some similar musings along the bottom of pp. 14-18 of I-VI, but it's not the exact quote you're after.  Let me know if you find it!

Louis

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Rob Haskins <> wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm trying to track down a quote, possibly from I–VI. (I’ve checked once and can’t find it; I’m about to check again.)

“I used these lectures as a way of seeking out ideas—by the fact these syntactical phrases are colliding with each other, butting up against each other they’re giving birth to new ideas.”

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Best,

Rob

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