Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Performing 4:33"
This was honestly one of the coolest things I've ever done in my life. Being in a performance, yet not uttering a single sound, is just kind of awesome. I loved hearing all the different sounds that we normally ignore or just can't hear during our day to day life. The best sounds in my opinion were the insects rustling in the grass. All in all, it was an amazing experience, and it reminds me how much I should just stop sometimes and enjoy my surroundings.
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Sarah I could not have agree more with you. Four minutes and thirty-three seconds of performing a silent piece was by no means silent. It did give us the opportunity to listen to sound around us. If people made the time out of their day to listen to the nature in its manner of operation they would be amazed at what melodies the environment had in store for them. The most amazing thing to me about the performance is that it can never be exactly replicated. We would not be able to get the same background sounds at the same specific time in the performance. In all, it was a great pleasure to perform a musical piece in memory of John Cage - the improvisation master.
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