John Cage performs “Water Walk”

This is a pretty rare video of John Cage performing "Water Walk" on the old 50's game show, I've Got A Secret. This is an example of chance music (aka aleatoric music). He described his music as "purposeless play", but "this play is an affirmation of life—not an attempt to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we are living, which is so excellent once one gets one’s mind and desires out the way and lets it act of its own accord."

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