Patti Smith

Patti Smith The reader is my notebook The reader is my notebook

This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Hello everyone, I am home rebuilding strength and hopefully finish my book and send more messages. My daughter Jesse Paris is taking good care of me and I am happy to be back in New York. Here are a few pictures of our last days in Rome and Milan. Tony Gerard Rita Darrel Jackson Stefano Seb in Rome It seems like a Simone Martini. Greeting the people shot by Jesse.

Hello everybody I’m on the Eurostar with the fellows en route to Paris. Last night we had a great job at the Ghent jazz festival. Much improvising as it was the jazz festival. An impromptu version of Footnote to Howl celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th year, A story about a stolen panel: The Judgement, from the great Altarpiece, and a take on our fireflies. I am including some snapshots traveling to Ghent, and revisiting places I love. I will write again from Paris, still have pictures from Arles.

Hello everyone, I am writing from Arles. Tomorrow it will be 98 degrees. I have found working in these high temperatures very challenging. But I have completed my work. The audio above represents some of the audio work I do with Soundwalk. In the next couple days I will send pictures from the exhibition. Below is an excerpt from my first post on Substack. I was writing about Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterpiece Andrei Rublev. I am including it as July 4th is one of the great icon painters feast day.

I am pretty much on my way to Arles. A few loose ends and off I go. I’m feeling very much like Uncle Wiggily embarking on a lone roadtrip. Jesse is indeed on a roadtrip. She left for Nashville after our small but loving birthday celebration, including a ride on the ferry and a visit to the ocean in Rockaway Beach. It was a perfect day to be together and a perfect day to fly. I hope everyone stays healthy, does good work, and considers the plight of others.

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful comments. Now to my packing….

This is the cover of the forthcoming paperback. I am interested in your opinions… The photograph was taken on Seabrook Island, South Carolina in 1987 by t.e. denton. Pictured are Jackson Smith, Jesse yet to be born and my brother Todd’s daughter Simone. Have a good day everyone. Below is one of several depictions of the young John the Baptist by Caravaggio. Often with shepherds staff in hand, always wearing a blood red cloak.. This Substack is reader-supported.

Patti Smith The reader is my notebook The reader is my notebook

I will be back later with more…Happy everything… Dandelion in the sky by Jesse

Jesse took this picture when we were waiting our turn at Town Hall. A very inspiring night. Below is Robert’s speech. A good man speaking plain truth. Waiting to go on at Town Hall. \