. . . We are needlessly finicky
when it comes to our
notice that somebody else did it before we did it. And generally speaking,
it does come to our notice. A little bit of the scientific attitude, however,
and you soon see that what was just done was not at all what was done before
except as regards the general situation. There was, by way of example,
a discontinuity of particles, then there was emptiness (which now seems
like a melody). Just now there was raw material. Repetition?
John Cage
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