AMASTERFULBOOKABOUTBREATHINGLIFEINTOARTANDARTINTOLIFE“StephenNachmanovitch’sTheArtofIsisaphilosophicalmeditationonliving,livingfully,livinginthepresent.Totheauthor,animprovisationisaco-creationthatarisesoutoflisteningandmutualattentiveness,outofauniversalbondofsharingthatconnectsallhumanity.Itisaproductofthenervoussystem,biggerthanthebrainandbiggerthanthebody;itisaonce-in-a-lifetimeencounter,unprecedentedandunrepeatable.Drawingfromthewisdomoftheages,TheArtofIsnotonlygivesthereaderaninsideviewofthestatesofmindthatgiverisetoimprovisation,itisalsoacelebrationofthepowerofthehumanspirit,which--whenexercisedwithlove,immensepatience,anddiscipline--isanantidotetohate.“--Yo-YoMa,cellist
