Ken and others:
I know it tries peoples' patience when topics get ground up fine, but
eventually boredom instantiates creativity, or at least research, and
genuinely interesting things can happen as a result (see Forer, Kathy,
2000). On a list in which Cage's works are often under discussion, the
value of having one's patience tried should be understood. Without
boredom, without too-muchness, without excess and starvation, nothing
interesting can happen. This is, I know, exceedingly un-Swedish, Ken,
but it's not entirely un-Norwegian--think of that asshole Hamsun, one of
my favorite writers!
Yours in boredom and interest, sickness and health,
AK
