4 Minutes and 33 Seconds

John Cage's Four Minutes and Thirty Three seconds was definitely different from anything I've ever seen before. I know during the four minutes and thirty three seconds we were supposed to be taking in the ambient noises that we don't usually hear without something to point them out. I did realize this the second time I watched it, I heard planes and people playing Frisbee outside. But the first time we watched it I was thinking too much about what he was doing. As everyone else probably did, the first thirty seconds of the song I assumed he was actually going to play, but was an old guy so it took him longer to get ready. When I realized he wasn't going to play I started thinking about what he is going to do if he does anything at all. By minute two it was clear that he wasn't going to play anything but I could not stop thinking about the other possibilities. Maybe this piece not only makes people realize the noise that just happens to be there, but also the fact that some of us can be a little over anxious be on top of things.