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Make art like John Cage

Make art like John Cage

John Cage is an American composer famous for his piece 4' 33'', which is 4 mins and 33 seconds of silence. 4' 33" divided into three movements of 30 seconds, 2 minutes 23 seconds, and the final 1 minute and 40 seconds. All silent. It's really quite hard to listen and watch a full orchestra performance of 4' 33" without finding it rather fascinating. Like when the musicians turn the pages at the right moments.
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Glacial erratic

A large boulder, transported and deposited by a glacier. This is my favourite location for glacial erratics. Bonus points if you can tell where it is.
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Clap the first talk at events

Don’t have that awkward silence when a speaker is introduced. Be brave and set the tone by clapping early. And when I say ‘people like clapping’ I mostly mean the people being clapped, but I think the clappers like it too.
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