"When we really see each other, we want to help each other (Amanda Palmer). Imagine standing on a box in the middle of a busy city, dressed as a white-faced bride, and silently using your eyes to ask people for money. Or touring Europe in a punk cabaret band, and finding a place to sleep each night by reaching out to strangers on Twitter. For Amanda Palmer, actions like these have gone beyond satisfying her basic needs for food and shelter - they've taught her how to turn strangers into friends, build communities, and discover her own giving impulses. And because she had learned how to ask, she was able to go to the world to ask for the money to make a new album and tour with it, and to raise over a million dollars in a month. In The Art of Asking, Palmer expands upon her popular TED talk to reveal how ordinary people, those of us without thousands of Twitter followers and adoring fans, can use these same principles in our own lives." -- Provided by publisher.
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Amanda Palmer is a captivating performer whose work is best known through her role as the frontwoman of the internationally acclaimed punk cabaret band, The Dresden Dolls. Her solo endeavors further showcase a distinctive artistic voice, blending musical genres with a flair for the dramatic and theatrical. Palmer's creative output extends beyond music, often incorporating visual arts and performance, reflecting a multifaceted artistic identity. Her compositions are recognized for their deeply personal and often provocative nature.
Follows the lives of conjoined twins Evelyn and Evelyn as they navigate extreme challenges, including their traumatic birth, orphaning, life on a chicken farm, encounters with unsavory characters, and experiences in the circus.