TY - BOOK AU - Larson,Kay TI - Where the heart beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the inner life of artists SN - 9781594203404 AV - NX456.5.P66 L37 2012 U1 - 700.1 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - Cage, John KW - Postmodernism KW - Zen Buddhism KW - Influence N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -