Heidegger
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The sound of one hand clapping
I have been fascinated by silence for years. Having lately met several classical musicians and composers, it is interesting to discover just what a touchstone John Cage’s 4’33” is. What I glean from these discussions is that John Cage was trying to get people to listen to the other sounds of the music hall, or…
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Auschwitz Museum
An unexpected and moving honour. My poem “Heidegger in the Forest” has been selected for a second edition of an anthology of poetry published by the Auschwitz Museum. Here’s a link to the old one. My poem was about how the German philosopher Martin Heidegger avoided speaking to the Jewish poet Paul Celan after the…
Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook 