#gothic crow

[bitter69uk]

“Soulful, haggard and emaciated yet raffish, swaggering and seductive, she is mad saint, ephebe, dandy and troubadour, a complex woman alone and outward bound for culture war.” Camille Paglia on Patti Smith.

Happy 79th birthday to fierce punk poetess, beatnik earth mother, musician, playwright, shamanistic visionary, personification of jolie laide androgyny, role model and the woman Salvador Dali once likened to “a gothic crow” – Patti Smith (née Patricia Lee Smith, 30 December 1946). Seen here photographed by Charles Steiner in 1975. No one asked, but my favourite Patti Smith song is "Pissing in a River” (followed by “Dancing Barefoot”).

[theliteralbear]

Patti Smith : Lynn Goldsmith Photography

[dzgrizzle]

Happy 78th birthday to punk poet, award winning author, musician, playwright, the woman Salvador Dali once likened to “a gothic crow” – Patti Smith (born 30 December 1946). Seen here in a 1977 photo by Lynn Goldsmith. My favorite song by her is “People Have the Power” and my favorite album is BANGA. My favorite book by her is “M Train.” My copy is from her reading and impromptu acoustic concert at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta in 2015. I have an autographed copy of her book “Woolgathering.” She is a modern-day patron saint for memoirists, poets, and contemplatives.

[bitter69uk]

Happy 78th birthday to fierce punk poetess, beatnik earth mother, musician, playwright, shamanistic visionary, personification of jolie laide androgyny, role model and the woman Salvador Dali once likened to “a Gothic crow” – Patti Smith (née Patricia Lee Smith, 30 December 1946). Seen here photographed by Lynn Goldsmith in 1977. No one asked, but my favourite Patti Smith song is "Pissing in a River” (followed by “Dancing Barefoot”).

[metal--mouth]

gøthic crøw