>So, what is a voice? And what is "the habitual voice"? in your opinion?
>
Well, I was winging it when I said that, but now that you call me on it...
;-)
Actually, I think Cage was more exactly concerned about how our taste was
conditioned. Our likes and dislikes. He used chance operations and various
techniques to get beyond these conditioned judgements. ...conditioned by
up-bringing, personal background etc. He tried to develop a practice -- and
his mind -- to the point where he could appreciate everything. This is where
he was particularly influenced by Buddhism and Eastern philosophy
generally...
A voice, I suppose, is a distinctive mode of speech, a way of talking that
is unique to the individual. Is that voice conditioned by its background or
free? Does it reproduced patterns or is it truly creative? ...those might be
questions to consider. Of course, they beg as much as they ask, because we'd
also need to know what we mean by "free" and "creative". ...I think in Cage
being creative means letting things manifest as they are...
But there I might be winging it again ;-)
best BP
George
