Devotion (Why I Write)

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While in Paris, Smith takes the occasion to visit the graves or homes of artists she sees as touchstones for her life and work: Albert Camus, Simone Weil, Patrick Modiano. Na última parte 'A dream is not a dream', Patti conta sobre o convite que recebeu para visitar a casa de Camus numa cidade no interior da França. But still, there was something else, I couldn't put my finger on it until I read an interview with Smith by critic Scott Timberg (Culture Crash) in the LA Review of Books.

Escrever alguma coisa sublime, que seja melhor do que eu e que justifique as minhas provações e os meus erros. Years ago I read Patti Smith’s Just Kids and fell in love with her writing, her story and her ability to weave the loves, sorrows and joys of her life together so effortlessly. The second, largest, part of the book is a long story about a skater, a young skater like a young Simone Weil, a pure artist.Whether writing in a café or a train, Smith opens her notebooks to her reader and lets us glimpse the alchemy of her art and craft in this book dedicated to writing. Usually if I tear up under those circumstances, it has to do with a foul odor, or the knowledge that the week is far from over).

Patti Smith, a National Book Award-winning author, first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession-a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. This is my second book of Patti’s prose that I’ve read; I previously read Just Kids for the first time last year and thought that book tickled me in all the right sweet spots. The interaction of the mind that observes and absorbs with ideas and creations, and then the springing to life of the creative impulse. I was absolutely over the moon when a dear friend invited me to hear Patti speak at a local reading that was handing out free copies of the new book, too. ACT Contact / FAQ About Events / Videos Merch / Subs Sign in/up Devotion Smith, Patti More by this author.

No fim, a visita à casa de Albert Camus e as emoções de Patti ao ver, tocar, folhear o manuscrito, inacabado, de O Primeiro Homem.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. I never want to read a book about a "16-year old girl" having an affair with a "man in his late thirties". Patti Smith, a National Book Award–winning author, first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession—a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted.Her love is skating although there is a man, as well, in his late thirties … ’She had skated through his waking hours. I loved her agony over picking the right books to take on a trip (I feel her so much there) and about visiting "holy" sites of authors that meant something to her. A epígrafe já deixa evidente que a inspiração é uma parte importante do trabalho de criação mas não como 'um ficar esperando pela musa' e sim algo que acontece inadvertidamente em meio às horas de trabalho.

Her books include Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award in 2010, Wītt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence. Na primeira parte, chamada "How the mind works", acompanhamos uma escritora que precisa escrever mas não consegue encontrar o texto. A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic-its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. Last month I listened to her audible book Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane,which I loved, and today to her Devotion.There are stacks of notebooks that speak of years of aborted efforts, deflated euphoria, a relentless pacing of the boards.