possibilities | możliwości

Amanda Palmer meeting Wisława Szymborska. What a joy! (via brainpickings).



Wolę kino.
Wolę koty.
Wolę dęby nad Wartą.
Wolę Dickensa od Dostojewskiego.
Wolę siebie lubiącą ludzi
niż siebie kochającą ludzkość.
Wolę mieć w pogotowiu igłę z nitką.
Wolę kolor zielony.
Wolę nie twierdzić,
że rozum jest wszystkiemu winien.
Wolę wyjątki.
Wolę wychodzić wcześniej.
Wolę rozmawiać z lekarzami o czymś innym.
Wolę stare ilustracje w prążki.
Wolę śmieszność pisania wierszy
od śmieszności ich niepisania.
Wolę w miłości rocznice nieokrągłe,
do obchodzenia na co dzień.
Wolę moralistów,
którzy nie obiecują mi nic.
Wolę dobroć przebiegłą od łatwowiernej za bardzo.
Wolę ziemię w cywilu.
Wolę kraje podbite niż podbijające.
Wolę mieć zastrzeżenia.
Wolę piekło chaosu od piekła porządku.
Wolę bajki Grimma od pierwszych stron gazet.
Wolę liście bez kwiatów niż kwiaty bez liści.
Wolę psy z ogonem nie przyciętym.
Wolę oczy jasne, ponieważ mam ciemne.
Wolę szuflady.
Wolę wiele rzeczy, których tu nie wymieniłam,
od wielu również tu nie wymienionych.
Wolę zera luzem
niż ustawione w kolejce do cyfry.
Wolę czas owadzi od gwiezdnego.
Wolę odpukać.
Wolę nie pytać jak długo jeszcze i kiedy.
Wolę brać pod uwagę nawet tę możliwość,
że byt ma swoją rację.

connectors | openers

So it's been now two years of good vibes. 366 posts of good blends. And the last two weeks when the reality seemed to be more oneiric than ever, getting me right to my very guts and opening my chest several times.



For most of human history musicians, artists have been part of the community, connectors, openers (...).

good words from Neil Gaiman

I'm going to say the alphabet and I will let you put the words together.
Good. Night. No song today.

An evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer is a result of a tour Amanda and Neil went on last autumn in North America (hmm... were there any problems with saints as the tour started on the Halloween night? ;)). Read more about the project here. Meet also the author of the cover Cynthia von Buhler. (via Amanda Palmer).

remembering forward

meanwhile in London | grounded in Helsinki

Amanda and Imogen are in London this week. Today Amanda gave a free gig (free gig!) in Village Underground in Shoreditch. On Thursday and Friday Imogen will be recording her new song in A Room For London in the Southbank Centre. Me? Exploring the city as usual and... sneaking in suburbia. Will I be grounded in Helsinki like Dickens in London? ;) Other highlights of the day: funny encounters and a spontaneous snack somewhere downtown plus preparing for my first DJing. These days could just be lasting forever!



The person who is most grounded in London is Dickens, and one of the reasons for that is he used to walk to school from Camden, which is quite near me, to his grammar school, which was something like five miles away, every single day, through the whole of the city, and then back again.  Zadie Smith

it was worth it

My beloved Summer Camp. Just unwrapped their Young EP from the Rough Trade package. There is a piece of review of the album on the price sticker:

One of the most enduring qualities of music lies in its ability to be transportative - the very best songs can take you, almost instantly, to a specific moment in time, or perhaps a particular location, even evoke a specific emotion.

Well, of course. This brings me back to the fascinating conversation I had yesterday on the effect music can have on the human brain. All that made me read more about the matter and more ... and even more... with all the fuzzy and cosy sounds of Summer Camp's EP around me (see the BBC review here). And then I was taken into yet another dimension thanks to this acoustic version of Was it worth it? I can say it's worth it! :)

The video was shot in Camden Town, where this weekend Amanda Palmer is working on a video with Tim Pope, as she announced on her Twitter. Let's stay tuned.

a good (night) song from Amanda Palmer (and Radiohead)

a good (new and really great) song from Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra

Please meet David Mark, the author of the cover, and have a look at his work in progress for the Amanda-art (via Amanda Palmer).

a sweet song from 8in8

Meet the fantastic band of 8in8: Ben Folds, Neil Gaiman, Damian Kulash, and Amanda Palmer. Read more about the band here. Please meet also Cassandra Long who's responsible for the album's artwork.