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Where the Heart Beats

By Kay Larson

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Where the Heart Beats

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A "heroic" biography of John Cage and his "awakening through Zen Buddhism"-"a kind of love story" about a brilliant American pioneer of the creative arts who transformed himself and his culture (The New York Times) Composer John Cage sought the silence of a mind at peace with itself-and found it in Zen Buddhism, a spiritual path that changed both his music and his view of the universe. "Remarkably researched, exquisitely written," Where the Heart Beats weaves together "a great many threads of cultural history" (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings) to illuminate Cage's struggle to accept himself and his relationship with choreographer Merce Cunningham. Freed to be his own man, Cage originated exciting experiments that set him at the epicenter of a new avant-garde forming in the 1950s. Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Allan Kaprow, Morton Feldman, and Leo Castelli were among those influenced by his 'teaching' and 'preaching.' Where the Heart Beats shows the blossoming of Zen in the very heart of American culture.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
512
Release Date:
2013-07-30
Publication Date:
2013-07-30
Publisher:
Penguin LLC US
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143123475
ISBN13:
9780143123477
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
468 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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