“STRANGE AND WONDERFUL …
– NPR.org
A gloriously rich reading experience, studded with layers upon layers of deeply inspiring and endlessly fascinating paths. One of the best books of the year in any category.”
Kay Larson
Author, Art Critic & Practicing Buddhist
Welcome new friends from the
FIVE FRIENDS: JOHN CAGE, MERCE CUNNINGHAM, JASPER JOHNS, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, CY TWOMBLY
exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany!
Featured Content: John Cage Articles & Interviews
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Cage Was Not Only All Ears, He Was All Eyes, Too
by Kay Larson
February 4, 2025 – New York Times Arts & Architecture Section
Music Is Everywhere: John Cage At 100
NPR Music News
featuring Kay Larson
September 5, 2012 – All Things Considered
Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan
Radio 3 Documentary
featuring Kay Larson
July 15, 2020 – BBC Radio
Essays on Buddhism
The Road to McLeod Ganj
by Kay Larson
2008 – Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Journal
Anonymous
by Kay Larson
2014 – Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Journal
Who is Avalokiteshvara?
by Kay Larson
2018 – Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Journal
art criticism
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Karma? Top Floor, Next to Shoes
by Kay Larson
July 25, 2004 – New York Times Arts Section
Dividing the Light from the Darkness
by Kay Larson
January 1981 edition of Artforum magazine
I Slept in Roden Crater
by Kay Larson
June 1, 2004 – ARTnews
“In her thoughtful and eloquent writing, Kay Larson beautifully conveys John Cage’s playful elegance, his love of contradiction and the originality of his thinking. She describes his method as a balance between rigor and freedom, a synchronization of body and mind.”
— Meredith Monk, composer, director, performer