TDC/Unfinished
Unfinished—A Working Life
I have to hold on to the fact that I have my own life, and I have duties that I have to perform. I have a family to take care of. But I also have the same calling I did when I was young: to nourish and to do the work that I believe I was given the possibility to do. I’m not going to let anything shake that faith, no matter what kind of rubble or debris of our time I have to walk through. . . . I’m just going to keep doing my work. Patti Smith [1]
I'm getting old, and angry. 2025 calls a lot into question, but wasn't all that actually in question long ago, before my birth, as far back as we might take it? We'll consider the burden of circumstance, but let's do so, to nourish and to do the work that we believe we were given the possibility to do. That's life, actual life, working to do what we were given the possibility to do.
- ↑ Patti Smith, “Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever,” The Ezra Klein Show, New York Times, online@1:15:50