What he said was a story from his own life, how after the performance of 4'33" (informally known as "silence"), it was years before some musicians spoke to him. What he meant, she thought -- was a concern that in the midst of the euphoria of online publication, it would be wise to expect that this would not be everywhere welcome. Before she could ask him if that was what he meant, a critic entered the conversation and turned it to the parallel issue of printing with primal elements that Cage was exploring at Crown Point Press.