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Today is the anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s passing day. A day she chose for herself. In remembrance here are words from The Waves. Below is a Polaroid of her cane, which was found by the River Ouse where she took her life. It is a simple yet sturdy cane, that no doubt had served her well. I am also including the song Elegy from the 1975 album Horses. A song I wrote in memory of artists and loved ones we had lost. I have always believed that it is important that we the living honor the departed.
I had never seen Virginia Wolf's cane before. Her suicide note suggests that she was quite ill, but I am surprised that she went to the river with a cane. It is too tragic.
When she died in March 1941, in the middle of the air raids on London, many people were running for their lives, and I am not sure that those around her had the luxury of understanding her deep anguish.
Patti was one of the most literate and poetically grounded musicians I know. Bob's attendance by proxy at the Nobel Prize is also well deserved.
Against war.
May Virginia rest in peace
I need this song today
Thank you