Patti Smith

Hello everyone, I had a technical difficulty so I am resending. Here are a few pictures with many good wishes. I will see you soon…. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/su...

Hello everyone, I wanted to send a few catch up photos from Dublin. The first days were filled with wind and rain, and a wild storm which I greatly appreciated, as I have a fondness for storms. The full moon was also approaching so there was a collision of several natural factors that caused me to pace about like an old mama wolf. Then a shift to mild wind over the Irish Sea. I read a new translat...

I had no idea there was a child’d drawing of the Liberty Bell at the bottom of the box. What a wonderful surprise. Happy to share the happy moment of discovery with you all. Take care, see you tomorrow…… This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr...

Hello everybody, Well that was a bit convoluted. I think it’s because I feel weird when I seem to be doing a book commercial but then again it may be useful for some of you. I am also still on a terrible sleep schedule. But I just got back Sunday. New York was a traffic and security mess because of the United Nations Summit. Although it took some time convincing security I needed to see my dentist...

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The Drunken BoatAs I was going down impassive rivers,I no longer felt myself guided by haulers! Yelping redskins had taken them as targets,And had nailed them naked to colored stakes. I was indifferent to all crews,The bearer of Flemish wheat or English cottons,When with my haulers this uproar stopped,The Rivers let me go where I wanted. Into the furious lashing of the tides,More heedless than chi...

Hello everyone, My guitar is out of tune, the strings are dead and it hurt to play, my voice is hoarse, yet the air quality today is very good and I feel lucky to be alive. This offering, however flawed, delivered in late afternoon with a heavy heart, is for the hostages, the children, the land polluted by bombs, the Palestinian people, and the journalists, a lifeline to truth, who died in a make-...

Good evening everyone. While I was downloading the video I accidentally dozed off. So I guess it’s time to brush my teeth wash my face and turn in. All blessings upon the suffering, all hopes for the innocent. May everyone have a good night and wake with positive energy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith...

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Below is the awning of the historic Caffe Greco. May it survive!! The book is Divided Soul, The Life of Gogol by Henri Troyat. Happy August to all. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith....

Yesterday I had a brief stop in beautiful Florence. Beneath the Medici Chapels there is a small, once hidden space once occupied by Michelangelo. After viewing his massive works it is interesting to imagine him occupying for a time such limited space. Apparently he was hiding from authorities during a particularly tumultuous political time in the region. The walls of his self imposed prison are co...

Below are a few sights in the beautiful city of Prague. More to come from our German tour. I have many pictures to send as well as all good wishes…..As promised here is the new entrance to my international website: pattismith-fugalfox.de/ This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd lik...

A few pictures and a smile…. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

We need to clarify Alice. Good thing this post is for free. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

The small clay ball is actually called the Sphere of Generosity. Spheres of Generosity…… This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

Hello everyone, It was heartening to hear from so many of you in my last post. I really loved hearing where you were writing from, connecting with so many unexpected places. Today I reported on the happy woes of the writer. I suspect many of you are writers, secretly or openly, so I thought it good to share a source of potential misery for of all writers. I am now going to take a long walk, which...

Saying hello from Nw York City. Where are you? This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

So I suddenly remember what I was saying when suddenly a portrait of Waltraud Meirer and myself obscured my Photo Booth. . It was the Brooklyn Bridge accident. I worried it might the bridge might be closed down but it wasn’t and it looked as beautiful as ever. So sorry for the two deceased crew members and hopes for a speedy recovery for all those injured. I just decided to include Waltraud’s beau...

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Some peaceful settings….The first is the tree that the writer Dazai loved. Still healthy and covered with covered in vines and ivy. A friendly tree indeed. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pat...

Early this morning I took a walk down (or up) a path parallel to the river, Mostly because I knew the crows that guard the cemetery would be up calling through the trees lough enough to wake Edgar Alan Poe. The crows are much larger than our crows and completely fearless, crafty and not unfriendly. I took some urban snapshots in Kyoto. There are many beautiful shrines to say nothing of the restore...

Below are fun snaps from Seoul….. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

Hello everyone, This video message did not go through yesterday. Now I have landed. I am resting tonight and then off to Korea. So I will send another message tomorrow. I have taken a few books that I will talk about tomorrow, minimal packing and a pair of sneakers. Once again I am hoping more Universities take a stand against the present administrations attempt to control our education system. I...

Sometimes when everything seems pointless, hopeless, out of reach I turn to music. Thank the stars for Bob Dylan who gave us the best of his youth with songs like this. My son Jackson on Telecaster. Tony Shanahan on bass. Jay Dee Daugherty on drums. Lenny Kaye on Stratocaster. I was a bit hoarse but the heart was strong. Just thought you may appreciate this. Take care of yourselves. Drink plenty o...

We can all…. It’s raining the trees are flowering can’t stop sneezing the people took to the streets and whether there is hope or not there exists a craving for social justice. I can therefore I am… This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers...