History of Hacking

I was absent on this day due to a high fever. Sorry! :(

John Cage Reaction

I'm not sure how to react to John. On one hand, he is very innovative and avant garde. On the other, I always look at some avant garde artists skeptically and I do the same with him. It's acceptable if an avant garde artist is inventing new ways of thinking, but sometimes it seems like he's only finding excuses to make crappy work seem legitimate. The 4'33" is innovative, but at the same time, he's NOT DOING ANYTHING! It makes me question what is actually valuable anymore -- effort, or no effort, since, in his point of view, both could be appreciated equally at the same time. In that sense, it might take a while before the logic sinks in.