Amanda Palmer Bücher

Warum ist es so verdammt schwer, um Hilfe zu bitten? Amanda Palmer versucht, sich als Straßenkünstlerin und Musikerin durchzuschlagen und stellt schnell fest, dass sie ohne Unterstützung nicht weiterkommt. Doch die Überwindung, danach zu fragen, ist riesig. Bin ich schwach, wenn ich es nicht alleine schaffe? Bin ich es überhaupt wert, dass andere mir helfen? Und ist es fair, Hilfe anzunehmen? Was sie bei ihren Begegnungen auf der Straße, im Konzertsaal oder in sozialen Netzwerken erlebt, öffnet ihr die Augen: Bitten ist der fundamentale Baustein jeder Beziehung. Und Menschen, die einander wirklich sehen, wollen einander helfen. Amanda Palmer hat ein großes Buch über Menschlichkeit geschrieben; über Ängste und Schwächen und über die Kraft der Güte und des Vertrauens.

"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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Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of <i>The Art Of Asking</i>. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. <i>The Art Of Asking</i> will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.