I think that John Cage's way of approaching and creating music, and, by extension, art, is fascinating and really gives a new meaning as to what music can be and the potential of every little sound around us to become music. His pieces 4'33" and Water Walk both encompass this idea in similar, yet still distinct ways. 4'33" uses the four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence to let the music essentially write itself, seeing as the point of the song is for it to be comprised of all the natural sounds of the environment and audience. The sounds, however subtle they may be, are what make up the entire piece of music.
With Water Walk however, the sounds that make up this piece, though seemingly random, are well thought out and timed meticulously and don't necessarily change between each performance like with the other piece. This piece is doing the opposite of relying on the environment to make sound; it's introducing all of these seemingly disconnected sounds and ordering them and timing them exactly how you want so that they can be made into a song (even if it's still not what we traditionally call music).
I think creating music and art in this way is really interesting. It makes you stop and think about what's around you, and once you've heard or seen something like this, you find yourself getting lost in all the little sounds and details of your day to day life and finding music everywhere.
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