(xxxii) despite his multifarious methods, Mac Low concedes that the ego is, ultimately, inescapable-- but he still values his methods. For one reason, in performance, for example, the piece sets up a model of society-- everyone has agency (and thus chance comes in, diminishing artist's ego a bit) but they are also aware of and responding to each other. My problem with this assertion is that it's still scripted-- and not just vaguely-- so I'm not exactly sure about the idea of performance as social model. I mean, it only seems to work (for Mac Low, anyway) if he stays in charge.
I can't figure out how he's differentiating the terms "source text" and "seed text".
Reading now Odes for Iris and Twenties.
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