Bells of Presence
In many Buddhist traditions, the sound of a bell is not a signal to begin something new. It is an invitation to stop. To pause the forward momentum of the mind. To release the pull of memory and anticipation. To arrive fully in this moment. This is known as the bell of mindfulness. Rather than […]
The Silence That Listens
We think of it as an absence, a gap, a lack of something. But to those who listen deeply, silence is not the absence of sound. It is the presence of space.
The Dance of Impermanence
Listening to the ever-changing world through sound
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists (public library) is a remarkable new intellectual, creative, and spiritual biography of 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 — by longtime art critic and practicing Buddhist Kay Larson.