Four, thirty-three

Posted February 16th, 2010 in Leben, Musik by MeL

American composer, John Cage, composed a rather unconventional piece of music titled 4’33″. During the four minutes and thirty-three seconds, not a single note is played. It wasn’t silence that was played. Instead, you listen to the sounds of the environment, something most people usually neglect.

Everyone’s talking about final year projects, job-hunting, graduation trip. It almost seems like the next few months is already panned out in front of me, even if i wasn’t extremely concerned about it initially. The number of times I’m asked about it ensured that I had given them enough thoughts. Too much maybe.

We’re obsessed about moving, even though we know that taking a moment out of moving will do us every good. When we are on step 24, we are already thinking about step 30 and step 35.

The next step will be important. It’s like arriving like a giant interchange with many buses to take. What’s my next bus? I should be catching my next bus soon if I do not want to be late for my next appointment. But perhaps, I should take my 4’33″ break first. Being a little late is fine, as long as I know my directions :)