Composers as Gardeners

Previous eras of creativity have mostly looked a bit like sculpting. A sculptor takes a block of material and carves it, slowly but surely, into shape. Nothing happens without her hand. Even when an assistant is involved, the sculptor pores over the project, because their human input is important at every point of the process. So too with writing, ... See more

What Eno likes about 77 Million Paintings is that he has no idea what will appear on screen, nor what aesthetic effects will be produced. "That's pretty interesting. But what interests me more is the way people experience them. My shows are not narratives. Nothing much happens yet people come and stay for hours in a contemplative state. I thought, ... See more

J’ai décrit plus haut l’éducation comme un processus vivant comparable à l’agriculture. Le jardinier sait bien que ce n’est pas lui qui fait pousser les plantes. Il n’attache pas les racines, ne colle pas les feuilles et ne peint pas les pétales. Les plantes poussent d’elles-mêmes. Le travail du jardinier consiste à créer les meilleures conditions

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Pure Scenius will be a six-hour improvised show featuring several musicians ... Pure Scenius first took place in Sydney last year, prompting the Morning Herald to say: "The theatre of the music-making process was as enthralling as the music itself." Above the musicians sits an overhead projector, on which Eno writes notes. "I'll write things like, ... See more