Patti Smith opens her intimacy with a book inspired by her Instagram

American singer-songwriter Patti Smith Has published “A Book of Days” (The Book of Days), a text with biographical overtones inspired by his Instagram account; a title in which the author shares his daily life through more than 300 photographs that reflect “life on and off the road”. With this publication, he also begins a presentation tour in the United States.

Without a project or date on the agenda, and at 71 years old, Black-smith decided to publish on 2018 his first photo on the social network. A post that contained a simple message “Hello everyone!”. The singer-songwriter was not a big fan of the digital life, and until then she had many reservations about her private life, which is why she surely did not imagine the millions of followers who would come to share his day.

Black-smith she started uploading images from her phone, an activity that became recurrent and through which she realized the close bond the viewer created with her through a screen. It was like that, beyond a few exclusives for a magazine, the interpreter of “Because the night” opened the doors of his intimacy with photos of his family, Cairohis cat and even his collection of boots.

In instagram, the photos uploaded by Smith were immediately well received by users. As the singer-songwriter captured “cprayers” on his posts, subscribers increased. And his fans were able to observe a Patti dedicated to art, its music and its children.

“The Book of Days” collects the reflections of his daily life, the photographs of his morning coffee, readings in the company of Cairo and even trips to the tombs of the writers he admired throughout his life, The book is made up of 366 snapshots, mostly unreleased, accompanied by “written oracles” that go straight to the heart and spirit of everyday life.

There are 366 publications in which Patti He opened his life. An adventure born from a simple ” Hello “ and which presents itself today as a simple means of immersing oneself in the depth of the intimate and emotional universe of one of the most emblematic artists of 20th century American music, active since 1967. Currently, the singer-songwriter has a little over one million followers and published 1,812 moments of his life.

After the presentation of this issue, in November 2022, the artist announced the end-of-year presentations with his group at Brooklyn Steel, New York. The performer celebrated his 76th birthday last December 30, 2022. Early 2023, Black-smith He had a few more performances and announced the release of his 12th album, an album that comes eleven years after its release. banga (2012).

It’s not the first time that Black-smith concerned with literary genres. Previously, I had already published “The Coral Sea”a book of poems in which he reconstructs his love life with Robert, her husband. These memories were like a posthumous tribute to his life companion, with whom he shared a special love for art.

Patti Smith (Chicago, 1946) is also the author of “weaving dreams »“My best songs”“Train M”“Dedication”“omens of innocence”and audiobook”We were children” y “The Year of the Monkey”the majority under the editorial label Lumen; in the world of music, he is a legend. He has released twelve studio albums, including, Horsesconsidered one of the magazine’s top hundred of all time rolling stone.

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