Thank you, Patti

Photograph by Tricia de Courcy Ling [People and Place]

Patti Smith

Yesterday in Hyde Park, London. Commanding in her brilliance, transcendent in her aggressiveness, joyous and holy, holy, holy, holy... And what could then be more fitting than for her to leave us with a song which, as she emphasised, is not about death, but about life. As all life is holy...

See also:

Just the sky: Patti Smith on art, life and politics

We'll break all the rules: April Fool, by Patti Smith

I refuse to fall down: Piss Factory, by Patti Smith

Only love can be as perfect as that

Of an aspect bright and fair: Happy New Year