greetings from a very tired warrior justice. {patron-only} (Patreon)

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hallo loves.

it's april 16th. anthony (seniors)'s birthday. 

i'm in between....something and something else.

this photo above this morning was taken by neil. everybody slept in. i'm tired. the road is crushing me a little bit...but i'm dealing. here is me and anthony at a misguided webcast i did when i was trying to figure everything out. i'm still trying. i should see if i can get ahold of that footage.  

it's somewhere.

i miss him. 

this time of year is always weird.

(photo by sarah v.)

now he's gone. 

it all feels like so long ago.....

it's as if he never really died.

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speaking of gone yet not gone.

here is patti smith's notre dame photo and post on instagram:

This is
Notre Dame Cathedral
where a statue of the
young soldier Joan of
Arc dwells. All in flames.
And thus do we mourn
architecture.

i posted this...to facebook and instagram, and a shortened version for twitter:

all my love and tears pouring out to my friends and community in paris, in france ... and everywhere. the image, from @thisispattismith’s instagram feed. go read her powerful words.

the feeling of seeing the flaming spire fall was like no feeling i’ve had in my life. my body chilled. this church has been a thread in my life in so many small ways...the week-long drawing i did as a student, sitting daily in the plaza, the painting of it by my step-grandad in our living room that watched over me, the street performer i met in front of the church when i was 17...who became a lover and a friend.

architecture is time is love is life, we intertwine.

i just posted this on twitter to someone who was bemoaning the people saying its “only a building”... this building just...transcends. i remember seeing it for the first time, when i was small, and feeling actual awe and love. it’s a wonder-miracle of human-made beauty, history and story.

it’s “only a building” the way the statue of liberty is “only a sculpture”.

we will mourn and rebuild ... something.

my heart is broken.

.....

i'll be back in my apartment in boston this friday for the show.....

there, in an old sketch book that i still havent had the stregnth to move to woodstock, i have the drawing i did of notre dame that took me the better part of 20 hours one summer. i was 17. i'll post it up. it will feel like something.

.......

i've spent a lot of time on twitter these past few days.

the tweet thread i posted about abortion has gotten over 3k shares on twitter.

the washington post picked it up, and said this:

well fuck yes, thanks.

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it's such an incredible conversation going on...and it prompted me to post this:

dozens of people are taking me up on it.

it feels so amazing, to do something concrete like this to show my gratitude.

if you want to share the offer, go to that twitter thread and RT it, or get in touch with me and hayley if you know (or are) a provider. we'll list them/you: hayley@amandapalmer.net.

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more from the road....here is chez in soundcheck in chicago....

and here's me with the fine volunteers from planned parenthood at the chicago theater:

every night, i've been bonding with these incredible warriors.

they'll be in boston and new york.

don't forget to say hi to them and thank  them for what they're doing.

here's michael in chicago...patronating.....

and here is beaitful christy kirk (@christykirkstudio on instagram)...who brought me a gorgeous framed piece of tribute art  (along with presents of prints for the rest of the crew)....

i have been to strapped to post all of the beautiful cover-tribute art up here...i've been mostly doing it all through instagram in realtime, but one of these days i'll put up a gorgeous gallery of everything that's come in. it's been astonishing.

speaking of....i just posted this art to instagram, it's by the german artist hannah littke and i took a quick poll about whether to print these (as shirts) white on black or black on white. white on black won by a LARGE MARGIN. i'll try to have them at shows if possible, otherwise, internetz. her art is just astonishingly beautful.

.......

FROM THE DESK OF RANDOM DRESDEN DOLLS COVERS IN EMPTY THEATERS

....this is bella. she came to the show in detroit and asked if she could play me "me and the minibar" but i didn't have time. so she came to chicago. you should see.

https://www.facebook.com/amandapalmer/videos/436930213743748/

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HERE is the group patron photo from chicago...at the millenium memorial:

AND HERE WE ARE in minneapolis at electric fetus!!!!:

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YES I AM TIRED.

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the shows in chicago and minny were....amazing. it's all happening so fast.

the virtual guestbook / signing line is really working for me....it's the next best thing. i don't have time to answer most of your comments, but i'm reading everyhing, and it's getting into my gut.

for everybody who wrote in...thank you, thank you. i'll keep reading.

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the house is covered with people prepping for next week's "drowning in the sound" video shoot....and things have EXPANDED.

we are also going to be shooting "look mummy no hands"...to justify the expensive crew and camera. 

here's michael pope (the director) and nicholas kahn.....who is going to be making some horses out of cement and jewels. he built a sandbox in your yard.

here is the sacrificial piano. 

you will understand later. 

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if i didn't have enough going on, tomorrow i'm doing a podcast interview with jamil zaki....a researcher from standford i met at SXSW. he's a psychologist and empathy expert. i'm still cranking in the background working on material for a big podcast i'll take public within the next few months. 

and COME ON. i couldn't resist...for fuck's sake...look at the title of the book he's about to put out.

his book is out in a few months.

this interview feels particularly on point right now.

because.....

.....i'm putting the poem out tomorrow. 

we'll probably use that as a jumping off point in our discussion.

it's all so strange right now.

everything is connected, people.

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in random news: THE ARTBOOK IS AVAILBALE IN ONE BOOKSTORE ONLY.

the golden notebook in woodstock now has 30 signed copies. if you need an excuse to get in your automobile and drive to woodstock and visit a cute bookstore, now you have one.

........

in the book dept. 

allan amato, the LA photographer who took the cover shot of "the art of asking" and the cover shot of "there will be no intermission", has a NEW TAROT DECK (what is up with artists and their poker and tarot projects lately). his deck, and the accompanying artbook, is called "the heretical fates" and it's pretty...sexy.

he made me JUSTICE.

NICE.

here i be.

this was taken the same day as the cover shoot for "there will be no intermission"....this photo was from allan's studio, though, a few hours before we went to the beach.

i was in a mood that day, obviously.

there are a ton of other people you may know in the deck/book...stoya, buck angel (a trans model & advocate i've followed forever), jiz lee, dominique (another stunning trans model) and
ace ratcliff (a really gorgeous disabled model)....just go look at the project. 

it's amazing.

allan has already hit his $30k goal, so this is just a hot pre-order:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1193179890/heretical-fates-art-book-and-tarot-deck-with-danik

there are 27 days left to order it.

he's also reached out to me with an offer for my patrons only...

if you support his kickstrater, you can drop him a message on the kickstarter page and use the password "JUSTICEWARRIOR" (or just say you came from amanda's patreon, wink wink nudge) and he'll send you an extra print of this justice image as part of your reward package. pretty sweet of him.

AND, fyi

he's now on patreon (Patreon.com/allanamato), support his ass.

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i'm going to bed.

tomorrow, i post a poem.

wish me luck.

it'll be out sometime in the afternoon or evening.

i love you. really a lot.

x 

a

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