Tracing for Changes and Disappearances #32 (11 of 11) 1982

John Cage made "Tracing for Changes and Disappearances #32" on paper, and what strikes me is how simple the act of mark-making becomes a meditation on form and space. The lines are thin, almost hesitant, yet they define shapes and suggest movement. It’s like Cage is mapping out a hidden geometry, or perhaps a score for an unheard melody. Look closely, you can see the subtle texture of the paper, the way the pencil catches on its surface, emphasizing the directness of the process. The angles and curves, they could be anything, really, but together, they create a quiet tension, a sense of something just out of reach. This piece reminds me a bit of Agnes Martin's work, in the way it uses minimal means to evoke a sense of the infinite. Cage, like Martin, asks us to slow down, to pay attention to the small details, and to find beauty in the ephemeral. It's not about what the drawing represents, but about the act of seeing itself, about change and disappearance.