OHAM’s Vivian Perlis forages for mushrooms with John Cage

In celebration of Vivian Perlis’ life and her contributions to Yale’s Oral History of American Music, here is a short clip from the documentary “I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It,“ (written by Vivian Perlis and directed by Alan Miller) featuring mushroom foraging with composer John Cage. Cage is reading an excerpt from his 1961 book, “Silence.“ Original documentary release date: 17 September 1990 Part of the American Masters Documentary Series