All art is generosity by nature and artists are doing us a service. It takes a lot of sacrifices both material and spiritual to afford living the artist life and putting oneself out there. Francis of Asisi comes to mind as an artist archetype. And to make such sacrifices while “mentally ill” as you put it, just makes me more grateful, inspires me, and most of all, it proves that no matter your shortcomings you can still strive to lead an ethical life.
Voice of a generation; still is
All art is generosity by nature and artists are doing us a service. It takes a lot of sacrifices both material and spiritual to afford living the artist life and putting oneself out there. Francis of Asisi comes to mind as an artist archetype.
And to make such sacrifices while “mentally ill” as you put it, just makes me more grateful, inspires me, and most of all, it proves that no matter your shortcomings you can still strive to lead an ethical life.
Rest in peace David Berman. I truly mean this one.
This is fantastic! Thank you!!!
lol he must’ve been making up that story about Dan’s guru, right? Amazing
He’s right about the Drag City catalogue back in the day.
Thank you for uploading this
Thank you for the upload.
That's such a sweet picture, by the way. Makes me want to read Self Portrait at 28 again. Is there a higher quality?
To to this day Drag City is holding strong and my favorite label by a mile.
thank you for this upload
David Berman is wearing a shirt with J.E.B. Stuart's photo on it .
I doubt it.
Very nice indeed. X
This was ages ago.