At Darmstadt when I wasn’t
involved with music,
I was in
the woods
looking for mushrooms.
Oneday while I was
gathering some
Hypholomas that were
growing
around a stump not far
from the concert hall, a lady
secretary from
Freienkurse für Neue Musik
came by and said, “ After all,
Natureis better than Art.”
John Cage picking mushrooms 1967
Photo by William Gedney
John Cage stories on mushrooms
