Cage

"Something has been done almost everywhere, " he said. "So it leads very much to the complexity of life. Leads us to the enjoyment of complexity (Cage). Cage in this piece of writing talks about chance operations, and putting pieces together to create a composition similar to a piece of music. And that these pieces of music cultivate a sense of wholeness and complex ideas into one moment to create artwork. Speaking about such things as methods, intention, discipline, and devotion, are aspects I think any artist needs to take into consideration when they are constructing their moments in art or music alike. Also, as many artist follow along with Cage- imitation in their artwork, and often learn from other artists through appropriation in order to achieve some mastery. But the most eloquent line in this writing was when Cage was quoted saying that art should spill out of being beautiful and move over to other aspects of our lives. I think we often overlook that art shouldnt just be whatever we subjectively call beautiful and it should reinforce our other parts of our lives that influence how we live and who we are as artists in the world.