Silence: Tool, Weapon, Gift, Myth? : On John Cage, Muzak, Noise, Torture, and More

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dc.contributor.authorFallon, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-11T19:25:23Z
dc.date.available2020-12-11T19:25:23Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-15
dc.description.abstractAt every moment we are bombarded by sound waves, light waves, gamma rays, x-rays, the solar wind. All around, through, and even inside of us is restless movement: the brain muses, nerve cells flare, hair grows, food becomes flesh, not to mention all that is going on at the subatomic level. Our senses can only register a narrow band of all this movement, but even what we can sense is far too much for us. To think, to function in the world, to survive, we have to ignore most of what we can see and hear. We need silence.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://lithub.com/silence-tool-weapon-gift-myth/en_US
dc.genreessaysen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2maos-toq2
dc.identifier.citation"Silence: Tool, Weapon, Gift, Myth?", Literary Hub, accessed by December 15, 2015, https://lithub.com/silence-tool-weapon-gift-myth/en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20245
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLITERARY HUBen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC English Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.
dc.subjectpeaceen_US
dc.subjectsilenceen_US
dc.subjectmuzak
dc.subjectnoise
dc.subjecttorture
dc.subjectJohn Cage
dc.subject.otherJohn Cage
dc.titleSilence: Tool, Weapon, Gift, Myth? : On John Cage, Muzak, Noise, Torture, and Moreen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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