Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

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On 05/13/2017 12:06 PM, Lê Quan Ninh wrote:

But this sentence « Number those of each description that are favorites » seems strange especially the word « favorites » ! As the chance operations are an opportunity to avoid likes and dislikes, this word is like a bomb ;-)

*boom*

i remember hearing him at harvard talking about throwing away computer output if he didn't like it. maybe your own personal likes can be included, but only as simply one more element in the process? abstracted away, if you will ...

i hope you can find a workable understanding. good luck.