Posted on 12/05/2017 1:08:41 PM PST by drewh
Patti Smiths long, slender fingers trembled just thinking about being a writer during the presidency of Donald Trump. I dont know how people are even able to contain themselves and contain their rage, Smith said, I always felt, even if I didnt agree with whomever was our president, I felt that I could still walk tall wherever I want. I still was myself. But theres something about this current administration where I feel tainted as a human being.
On Monday night at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan, Smith and Salman Rushdie commiserated about Trump and otherwise compared notes on everything from the writing process to their favorite painters. They were guests at the annual Chairmans Evening hosted by the MacDowell artist colony and were interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and MacDowell chairman Michael Chabon. MacDowell has a long history of bringing artists together and previous Chairmans Evening pairings have included Martin Scorsese with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Stephen Sondheim with Paul Simon.
Both said that current events have made it harder for them to focus, but also more determined. Rushdie said the artists role was to create beauty and to move beyond Trump, at least in the writing process, because hes not interesting enough. Smith said she saw her job as keeping an eye on everything, in case we have to do something drastic politically, and otherwise maintain a well-rounded existence.
And I cant let this guy (Trump), and what theyre doing, keep me from my inalienable right to do my work, to have some kind of joy in life, she said.
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If you are really that bothered you’ll move to another country.
Unfortunately you aren’t, so you’ll just bitch and fantasize.
Patti, you are sick. Seek medial help/
“When some yokel writes a column like this, I would ask they be specific and ask the nut to give examples.”
It’s all about feeeeelings. No logic, discernment or specificity enters into why they feeeeel the way they do. Here’s their snowflake anthem song by Morris Albert:
Feelings, nothing more than feelings,
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Teardrops rolling down on my face...
Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
B.S. You likely never gave Trump a second thought until he descended that staircase at Trump Tower and announced his candidacy.
I don't either. Why the sane people didn't burn down the country over Obama is still a mystery to me. I guess we were just lucky.
Don't push your luck Patti.
Easy fix Patti, KYS.
Oh my that is a she?
to have some kind of joy in life,....She is a liberal. The only joy in her life is destroying somebody or something. Sheesh!
OhYeah. I had such a crush on her. She’s still touring, but def shows her age. Alas, so do we all.
She wouldn’t feel that way if she took more baths.
That’s Patty, not Patti.
Although John’s a huge liberal, so I had to figure out which is which.
Thanks...yeah, he is a big liberal.
Patti, aint nobody wants to see yo taint.
It was! https://youtu.be/alPQgx7SGms
That was the last time she had class.
Trump makes her feel dirty as a human being, but all the booze, blow and heroin she did in the 70’s and 80’s was okey donkey
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Wow, isn’t that strange Patti? That’s exactly how I felt with Obama in the White House.
Dokey
Friggin autocorrect
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