2013年TED书店最受欢迎的10本书

WHERE THE HEART BEATS [qh]

《心在何处跳动》 [qh]

In Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists (public library), also one of the best philosophy books of 2012, longtime art critic and practicing BuddhistKay Larson constructs an exceptional intellectual, creative, and spiritual biography of John Cage — one of the most influential composers in modern history, whose impact reaches beyond the realm of music and into art, literature, cinema, and just about every other aesthetic and conceptual expression of curiosity about the world, yet also one of history’s most misunderstood artists. Fifteen years in the making, this superbly researched, exquisitely written tome weaves together a great many threads of cultural history into a holistic understanding of both Cage as an artist and Zen as a lens on existence.[qh]

2012年最佳哲学书籍之一的《心在何处跳动——艺术家约翰·凯奇，一位佛教禅宗徒的生活》，是由长期担任艺术批评家和佛教修行者的凯·拉森撰写的内容深刻、角度创新、揭示约翰·凯奇精神世界的传记ZoPCRQzhZ7cRWfES。约翰·凯奇是现代历史上最有影响力的作曲家之一，他的影响力跨越了音乐界，遍及艺术、文学、电影及其他各美学领域，还有其他表达对世界好奇探索的概念领域，同时他也是历史上遭到最多误解的艺术家之一AK&+pXy*Y9NIkH。历经15年的研究，广泛的调查，精准的笔风将文化史上的短篇残章织补完整，为我们整体展现了一个同时作为艺术家和禅宗徒存在的凯奇。