<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [CAUT] John Cage, "The Earth Shall Bear = Again"</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>More's the pity!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The world really is flat....but with = Cage who cares?!  And that's just the music!  As to his philosophical influence, let's just say,  "...it Zens you nowhere as = well."   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">There was a time I couldn't stand John = Cage but I'm finding myself getting more open to trying things for what they are...</DIV> <P>I'm less impressed with artists throwning paint at a canvas and = calling that art, ala Pollock but I'll probably come around to that = also...;-]</P> <P>David I.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>