When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I … - Patti Smith

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The other week I wrote a piece on a photograph I got at a flea market, and I got about 70 hits. I think a lot of people must be interested in flea markets.

Patti Smith

When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say. " "Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise. " "What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?" "You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another. " In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life.

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I daydream a lot - that's how I get my ideas. If I'm sitting in a café, I'm not on my phone because I want to hear my mind. I think that those periods of small solitude that we are really losing are so important.

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