"The world should be thankful to have
Patti Smith. As a musician, a writer and a vital pioneer, merging the worlds of punk and poetry into something fresh and exciting, the influence is immeasurable. But there’s also another role Smith takes on, somewhat accidentally but not unwillingly. She’s a historian, too, dedicating herself to the memory of her own scene and the stories of those who can’t be here to tell them. ... Instead, there’s a feeling of survivor’s guilt that colours her older life and the realisation that as the others couldn’t tell their story, she’d have to try and do it for them. On the simplest, smallest scale, that responsibility rules over her Instagram feed. Smith doesn’t let a date pass her by. She remembered birthdays, death days, publication days and more as she catalogues and celebrates the lives of her old friends through a grainy picture and a sweet caption, just to make sure her followers don’t forget. ..."
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