Silence: Lectures and Writings
£15.95
A cage went in search of a bird - This is quite simply my favourite book. This reprint is not on the best quality paper, but never mind. Most books can give you some insight into somebody else s ideas. This book not only gives great insight into the mind of a great twentieth century thinker, but is also an exploration of the readers mind. You, the reader, are forced (seduced?) into active thinking about a wonderful range of subjects - many far removed from music. This is quite possibly the best work of philosophy for the free thinker. Cage never tells you what or how to think about anything, but teases the imagination into the realization that not only are we wonderful individuals, but that the natural world can have as much fascination as we are capable of. Every sound, even every mushroom is infinitely interesting.An excellent book for setting your mind free - or so it seems to me.