Four, thirty-three
by MeL on February 16, 2010
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 :)
4 comments
do you really know where to go?
by 1AM on February 17, 2010 at 3:36 pm. #
at this moment, no. i’ve lost sight of what i was, who i am, and who i can be.
i need time. and each day I wake up, i know i’m a little closer to who i will be
by MeL on February 17, 2010 at 9:19 pm. #
sometimes, i feel like it is useless to ponder what i am and where i should go. cuz it seems that everything is just supposed to be as it is, which i cannot know however. i will be something finally as i suppose to be. life is so spontaneous. it is better to just pray for god!
by 1AM on February 22, 2010 at 8:52 pm. #
i believe in destiny.
But i also believe that i am the pilot of my own flight :)
by MeL on February 23, 2010 at 2:12 pm. #