John Cage was an American artist best known for his Minimalist musical compositions. Often characterized by an unorthodox use of chance and mathematical formulas, the artist’s works also incorporated non-musical objects and periods of silence. In Cage’s composition 4’33” (1952), the performer is instructed to not play their instrument for the entirety of the piece—four minutes and 33 seconds. “There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time,” he once mused. “There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.” Born on September 5, 1912 in Los Angeles, CA, he attended Pomona College as a theology major before leaving school...