Indeterminacy 131

We have the impression that
we’re learning nothing,
but as the years
pass we recognize more
and more mushrooms and
we find that the
names that go with them
begin to stick in our
heads.

Furthermore, we’re
still alive.

However, we must be
cautious.
Guy Nearing sometimes says
that all mushroom experts
die from mushroom poisoning.
Donald
Malcomb finds the
dangers of lion hunting
largely imaginary,
those of mushroom
hunting perfectly real.

- John Cage