my junk folder today - if anyone knows a ghost who might qualify as Glenda’s ‘Mr. Right’, please let me know and I’ll forward on the details I guess :|
Patti Smith’s “Just Kids”
I quoted from the book on here a little while ago and, having just finished it, can confidently say it has changed my life. Granted, many good books affect aspects of our characters, identities and emotional sensibilities, some even change the way we see the world, if only for a short while. ’Just Kids’ did all of these things and a little more, transporting me into the world of artistry that I always believed existed but, in the 21st century where extraordinary art and artists are little more than myths, histories and formulas to replicate, had never really experienced. This book has taught me, among other things, that:
- a network of like-minded souls is of paramount importance to artistic and emotional success
- combinatory influences make for fascinating artistic output
- the artist is usually the most powerful, provocative and perfect work of art that an artist creates
- sex doesn’t always have to be purely sexual, and should never be taboo
- natural-world influence on poetry can still be interesting
- love and companionship are the most potent and precious artistic chemicals in existence
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