Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear which remains unsatisfied and even uneasy until it hears something better. I am convinced…that provided the ear be at length made amends there are few dissonances too strong for it. Disharmony to paraphrase Bergson’s statement about disorder is simply a harmony to which many are unaccustomed.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear which remains unsatisfied and even uneasy until it hears something better. I am convinced…that provided the ear be at length made amends there are few dissonances too strong for it. Disharmony to paraphrase Bergson’s statement about disorder is simply a harmony to which many are unaccustomed.

– John Cage –

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