Window

Katharine Norman (2012)

Winner, 2012 New Media Writing Prize

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In memory of

John Cage

(September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992)



Cage's influential life and work continue to inspire so many people, and in so many ways. For me, he proves that telling personal stories about everyday life can communicate ideas, that the most ordinary things have value, and that sounds are at once useful and inherently meaningless.


Life, and sound and music, go on—in all kinds of weather.

But everything is worth a listen.

Ready. Choose where you'd like to begin by clicking a choice below

(you may change your perspective later)

Then, drag the sounds in any direction
Explore to find the hidden words
Investigate the options at the bottom of the window

Best on updated version of Chrome or Firefox.

Thanks, License and Credits
Thanks to those who kindly helped by testing various things, and provided so much useful feedback - especially Hilary Mullaney, Miriama Young and Jonathan Dore.
Creative Commons License
Window by Katharine Norman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
This piece uses SoundManager 2 API.