Litany for G20
With the dawn of the seventies, John Cage was increasingly interested in - and vociferous about - social and environmental issues. He no longer confined his enthusiasm for technology to its practical application in music, but talked at length of his belief in the positive impact it could make on all areas of life. Cage spoke, too, of his engagement with political philosophy, particularly his own interpretation of anarchism ... By the mid-seventies the progessively more qualified way Cage thought about social issues turned towards ecological matters. He gathered information about wildlife refuges, subscribed to the East-West Journal , and contacted the Franco-American anti-whaling organization, Project Jonah , copying from them a lengthy list of environmental organizations. In interviews he expressed concern about toxins in vegetables, and presently began to distill water at home and add seawater essence to restore its mineral balance. On tour he anticipated with pleasure visits to cou