I used a quote by Patti Smith about "getting old" on the Homepage this week. Her exact quote was "I like getting Old". After posting it I received an email from "filmswelike.com" about the documentary based on her life called "Dream of Life" by photographer/filmmaker Steven Sebring.
Shot over a 10 year period it is a portrait of the artist as a not so young woman. Just letting it all hang out. How cool?
And what is not for her to like about getting old? A film/new album/a show of her photographs/induction into the Rock & Roll hall of Fame etc... I can't wait to see this film! I have been documenting a film about an artist for the past 10 years myself...although I am not sure where and if it ends?
In an article in the New York Times she said the following... "Rock 'n' roll drew me from my mother's hand and led me to experience. In the end it was my neighbors who put everything in perspective. An approving nod from the old Italian woman who sells me pasta. A high five from the postman. An embrace from the notary and his wife. And a shout from the sanitation man driving down my street: "Hey, Patti, Hall of Fame. One for us."
I just smiled, and I noticed I was proud. One for the neighborhood. My parents. My band. One for Fred. And anybody else who wants to come along."
You are never too old to dream, all is not "LOST" !!!
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