{"product_id":"where-the-heart-beats-john-cage-zen-buddhism-and-the-inner-life-of-artists-9780143123477","title":"Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"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 (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposer 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,\" \u003ci\u003eWhere the Heart Beats\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together \"a great many threads of cultural history\" (Maria Popova, \u003ci\u003eBrain Pickings\u003c\/i\u003e) 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.' \u003ci\u003eWhere the Heart Beats \u003c\/i\u003eshows the blossoming of Zen in the very heart of American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKay Larson\u003c\/b\u003e was the the art critic for \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e for fourteen years and has been a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1994, she entered Zen practice at a Buddhist monastery in upstate New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662113444114,"sku":"9780143123477","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e58833c-1e60-4eb0-af00-f6033ca25c9f.jpg?v=1733513068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-the-heart-beats-john-cage-zen-buddhism-and-the-inner-life-of-artists-9780143123477","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}