Where the Heart Beats : : John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
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D.T. Suzuki -- John Cage -- Merce Cunningham -- Four walls -- Seeking silence -- Ego noise -- The mind of the way -- Heaven and earth -- The infinity of being -- Zero -- Another school -- Moving out from zero -- Indeterminacy -- Interpenetration -- Coda.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xvi, 474 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781594203404
1594203407
SUBJECTS
Cage, John -- Criticism and interpretation.
Cage, John -- Influence.
Postmodernism.
Zen Buddhism -- Influence.