“What permits us to love one another and the earth is that we and it are impermanent. We obsolesce. Life’s everlasting. Individuals aren’t. A mushroom lasts only a very short time. Often I go into the woods thinking after all these years I ought finally be bored with fungi. But coming upon just any mushroom in good condition, I lose my mind all over again. Supreme good fortune: we’re both alive!”
John Cage (1912 - 1992)
From John Cage: A Mycological Foray, Atelier Editions, 2020.
