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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Paul Stamets on Mushrooms



I ate about ten different mushrooms in my supper last night (two days it was ferns, delicious, never before tried). So when Jarrod Fowler sent me this link I was all ears. Mushrooms are very very interesting lifeforms.

3 comments:

  1. Have you read John Cage on mushooms? It's all through Silence.

    & isn't his (in)famous 4'33" all about letting the objects speak unimpeded?

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  2. indeed. you might be interested in his book. not great writing, but makes great points clearly, and like in that video, the fact that he's a huge fan of what he's talking about overcomes the lack of presentation (written and physical).

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  3. Yes, Bill, funnily enough I just started reading it. And yes indeed 4' 33" is an object oriented music, or non-music, good point. I think it was originally written for an open air amphitheater.

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