ModPo Database Artist: John Cage
![John Cage discusses why he seeks to "mak[e] English less understandable"](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
John Cage discusses why he seeks to “mak[e] English less understandable”
ModPo
audio: discussion
0:01:50
![John Cage performs "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake"](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
John Cage performs “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake”
ModPoPLUS
video: performance
0:57:59
![PoemTalk on Cage's "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
PoemTalk on Cage’s “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake
ModPoPLUS
video: primary poem discussion
1:13:33
![PoemTalk on Cage's "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake" (program notes)](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
PoemTalk on Cage’s “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” (program notes)
ModPoPLUS
audio: PoemTalk
![discussion of John Cage's ideas about making English less understandable and teaching](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
discussion of John Cage’s ideas about making English less understandable and teaching
ModPoPLUS
video: further poem discussion
0:08:44
![discussion of John Cage's idea of demilitarizing language through poetry](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
discussion of John Cage’s idea of demilitarizing language through poetry
ModPoPLUS
video: further poem discussion
0:11:59
![discussion of Cage's ideas about making English less understandable & teaching](https://modpo.org/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
discussion of Cage’s ideas about making English less understandable & teaching
TRC
video: further poem discussion
0:08:44