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the acolyte patti smith patti smith subscribe sign in patti smith the acolyte 719 148 58 1 0 00 current time 0 00 total time 13 11 13 11 audio playback is not supported on your browser please upgrade the acolyte seeking another kind of independence patti smith jul 04 2026 719 148 58 share transcript hello everyone i am writing from arles tomorrow it will be 98 degrees i have found working in these high temperatures very challenging but i have completed my work the audio above represents some of the audio work i do with soundwalk in the next couple days i will send pictures from the exhibition below is an excerpt from my first post on substack i was writing about andrei tarkovsky s masterpiece andrei rublev i am including it as july 4th is one of the great icon painters feast day it also marks the opening of the exhibition that i collaborated with soundwalk collective for the hoffman foundation ten short films are part of the exhibition it includes our homage to tarkovsky and rublev the entire soundtrack which i improvised is above i am sending it on independence day as it addresses the duality of the artist s blessed burden and considers his dilemma what does it mean to be free excerpt the film opens with a breathtaking prologue wherein a visionary peasant with the heart of leonardo successfully flies in a makeshift air balloon beholding a panorama from a perspective that none have seen before save the birds or perhaps icarus and ascending saints the sequence closes with a dark horse rolling on his back then slowly rising by a glistening pond andrei rublev appears in the first part called the jester summer 1400 we see him from above reluctantly leaving his monastery questioning the validity of his artistic path as he tramped through heavy rains i felt his shivering body beneath his coarse robes pelted by a sad splendor i was thinking the seasons change the years go by the music is holy the rituals frozen and sad the wanderings of the icon painter continue as a silvery dust seems to settle on every frame a long film the most perfect i had ever seen so perfect it made me sick i was struck with the sense of watching a documentary shot in the onset of the 15th century a black and white pageant of poetic realism i was transfixed by the overexposed russian landscape where ice and smoke brutally unite winter expanses invaded and corrupted blood spattering nature s canvas echoed by a rage of paint smeared on chapel walls andrei endlessly tramps tumultuous russia confounded by nightingales images of jesus in the snow and the crushed neck of a swan he sacrifices his brush and speech seeking unattainable peace while turning his back on his god given gift please drink a lot of water and considering these lines of the declaration we so cherish i hope you find the audio inspiring we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness happy independence day this substack is reader supported to receive new posts and support the work consider becoming a free or paid subscriber subscribe discussion about this episode comments restacks patti smith the reader is my notebook the reader is my notebook subscribe listen on substack app rss feed appears in episode patti smith recent episodes catching up1 jul 10 patti smith taking off jun 28 patti smith font wars jun 25 patti smith revealing the story behind jun 24 patti smith solstice sea part 2 jun 22 patti smith solstice by the sea part one jun 21 patti smith grainy video with rambling content jun 16 patti smith ready for more subscribe 2026 patti smith privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts