Assignment 2: John Cage 4’33” Deep Listening Reflection
After you do this deep listening exercise, write a reflection about your experience that includes the following:
Introduce the essay by explaining the activity (what are the steps you did to prepare yourself)
Describe the place that you chose to do your deep listening exercise, and explain why this place was meaningful to you (why you chose it).
Body:
Give an accounting of the sounds you heard from start to finish
Explain the sounds that you heard, and describe them in detail
Describe the thoughts, memories, feelings and emotions you felt during the deep listening
Conclusion
Reflect on the experience explain what you liked about it and what was challenging
Discuss whether or not you heard the sounds as being musical, the way John Cage interprets sounds
Describe your overall experience of the activity