Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
- ISBN-10
- 0143123475
- ISBN-13
- 9780143123477
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 474
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Kay Larson
Description
A first book by a Zen Buddhist practitioner and leading art critic 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. 20,000 first printing.
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