Where the heart beats :
Larson, Kay.
Where the heart beats : John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner life of artists / Kay Larson. - New York : Penguin Press, 2012. - xvi, 474 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mountains are mountains. D.T. Suzuki ; John Cage ; Merce Cunningham ; Four walls ; Seeking silence -- Mountains are not longer mountains. Ego noise ; The mind of the way ; Heaven and earth ; The infinity of being ; Zero -- Mountains are again mountains. Another school ; Moving out from zero ; Indeterminacy ; Interpenetration ; Coda -- The Maha Prajna Paramita heart sutra.
Assesses the influence of Zen Buddhism on the work of composer John Cage, exploring the ways in which Zen transformed Cage's troubled psyche, his relationship with partner Merce Cunningham, and his often indefinable music.
9781594203404 1594203407
2011044714
Cage, John--Criticism and interpretation.
Cage, John--Influence.
Postmodernism.
Zen Buddhism--Influence.
NX456.5.P66 / L37 2012
700.1
Where the heart beats : John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner life of artists / Kay Larson. - New York : Penguin Press, 2012. - xvi, 474 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mountains are mountains. D.T. Suzuki ; John Cage ; Merce Cunningham ; Four walls ; Seeking silence -- Mountains are not longer mountains. Ego noise ; The mind of the way ; Heaven and earth ; The infinity of being ; Zero -- Mountains are again mountains. Another school ; Moving out from zero ; Indeterminacy ; Interpenetration ; Coda -- The Maha Prajna Paramita heart sutra.
Assesses the influence of Zen Buddhism on the work of composer John Cage, exploring the ways in which Zen transformed Cage's troubled psyche, his relationship with partner Merce Cunningham, and his often indefinable music.
9781594203404 1594203407
2011044714
Cage, John--Criticism and interpretation.
Cage, John--Influence.
Postmodernism.
Zen Buddhism--Influence.
NX456.5.P66 / L37 2012
700.1