A few weeks ago, The New Yorker ran a lovely profile of the late composer Morton Feldman, who discovered his “voice” and talent late in life, largely as a result of his friendship with fellow musician John Cage. Cage’s “chance operations,” a radical obedience to happenstance and the now, had an electifying effect on Feldman, who found the permission that Cage’s approach offered him creatively liberating.

Though ostensibly about Feldman, the piece is more about the creative process, and what happens when one submits to it.

You can listen to some of Feldman’s haunting music here.