Triad Arts with David Ford CAGEFEST presents Kay Larson and her lecture “Cage and Zen: The Koan of Silence”November 12, 2012CAGEFEST on the campus of Wake Forest University has been a six-week-long celebration of the life and artistic contributions of American maverick, composer, poet, artist, John Cage who would have been 100 this year.
Cage's life and art were greatly influenced by his devotion to Zen Buddhism, and CAGEFEST concludes this week with a lecture by longtime New York Times art critic and practicing Buddhist Kay Larson. She’s written a fascinating book, 15-years in the making, titled Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists. On Tuesday night, November 13, at 5:15pm in the Welcome Center Auditorium on the WFU campus, Kay will give a lecture titled “Cage and Zen: The Koan of Silence”.
CAGEFST concludes Wednesday night, November 14, with a complete performance of John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, by pianist, and CAGEFEST director Louie Goldstein. The performance begins at 10:00pm in the Choral Rehearsal Room, in Scales Fine Arts Center, room M208 on the WFU campus.
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists is available on Penguin Press. Author Kay Larson recently spoke with David Ford from her home in New York. For Cage, appreciating negative space, and silence was life-affirming, but to do so meant, as he put it “...getting one’s mind and desires out of the way”.
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Triad Arts Archives
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September 3, 2008: Homegrown Handmade
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September 2, 2008: Broach Theatre: Moon Over Buffalo
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September 1, 2008: Triad Stage: Night of the Iguana
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August 28, 2008: Weatherspoon Art Museum: Transactions
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August 26, 2008: 2008 New River Blues Festival
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August 25, 2008: Pastel Society of North Carolina
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August 21, 2008: Music on the Mountain
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August 20, 2008: Mark Leach: SECCA's New Director
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August 19, 2008: Green Hill Center
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August 18, 2008: Joseph Mills: Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers
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August 14, 2008: Kyle Webster and Ben Towle
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August 13, 2008: Diggs Gallery: Herbert Gentry
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August 12, 2008: Doll and Miniature Museum of High Point: Stiching History
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August 11, 2008: Reynolda House: New World Views
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August 7, 2008: Open Space Cafe Theatre: Crowns
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August 6, 2008: Marcus C Rizzo Center for Musician Enrichment
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August 5, 2008: Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology: Pocketbook Anthropology
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August 4, 2008: Carolina Summer Music Festival
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July 31, 2008: Weatherspoon Art Museum: Peter Takal Drawings
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July 30, 2008: Levering Orchard: Stewards of the Land
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July 29, 2008: Revolve Film and Music Festival
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July 28, 2008: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts: Dancing with the Dragon
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July 24, 2008: North Carolina Shakespeare Festival: A Thousand Cranes
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July 23, 2008: Eastern Music Festival: Marley Eder and Kara Huber
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July 22, 2008: Delta Fine Arts Center: Lois Mailou Jones
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July 21, 2008: Walt Strony
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July 17, 2008: Latino Music Festival
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July 16, 2008: New Horizons Band
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July 15, 2008: Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails
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July 14, 2008: Bethesda Center Photography Exhibit
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