They have a command of language and rhythm that makes you listen; makes you care about what they have to say. a b "Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2017 sponsored by National Book Tokens". National Book Tokens . Retrieved 6 February 2018. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (6 August 2020). "Kate Tempest announces they are non-binary, changes name to Kae". The Guardian.

Helder verwoord, krachtig uitgewerkt, nergens pedant of belerend en steeds met oog voor falen en het recht daarop. En niet half zo zweverig als mijn laatste zin van de vorige alinea leek. :) waarvoor excuus. It wasn’t only about the words themselves, but how the words spoken in sequence at the right depth of feeling became bridges between emotion and experience. Between audience and stage, between venue and crowd. Between the day that everyone in attendance had brought into the room with them, and the prospect of the night to come. When the connection is made, everything is linked and moving towards a moment of mutual feeling, a creative connection that binds the entire room into a unified present. Immersion in other people’s stories cultivates empathy. When we are reading or listening to stories being told, provided there is enough tension in the narrative, our brains release cortisol into our blood to help us focus and concentrate, and also oxytocin, the chemical related to care and empathy.The book also reveals the darker side of Tempest’s fame: while “running from gig to gig four nights a week”, they developed nodules on their vocal cords, stopping them from speaking or performing until they could be operated on. That doesn’t mean the adjustment is straightforward. “It’s difficult talking to you,” Tempest admits. “Because I know how this goes. What’ll happen next. Trans people are used in these weird ways to express people’s deep fears about other things; obsessed over by people void of humanity … ” Eyes damp, their pain is palpable. “I don’t understand how my body, our bodies, became a territory for war. These bodies we’ve spent lifetimes living in.

I have the impulse of doing the same with "On Connection". Carry it with me, correlate its values with my life, really work through it. I probably can't and won't carry it around with me everywhere (can I tho) but I for sure will read it again and again. It already had a very real impact on my life and I'm curious to see where it leads me. a b Cain, Sian (22 November 2016). "Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 6 February 2018. a b c " 'Mercury nominees 2014: Kate Tempest". Guardian Music Blog. London. 22 October 2014 . Retrieved 6 February 2018. Every character is on a hero’s quest’ … a 2009 production of the original in Paris. Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images In November 2019, along with other public figures, Tempest signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the 2019 UK general election. [31] In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, they signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few." [32] [33] Reception [ edit ]Kate Tempest shortlisted for Mercury Prize 2017". Panmacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017 . Retrieved 3 August 2017. i read amanda palmer's art of asking in my second year of university, & it helped me when i was trying to form a framework for thinking about mutuality & vulnerability & performance, it gave me new ideas to use in the ongoing process of ! trying to make sense of what i wanted for myself ! & because i read it because i liked amanda palmer's music, & the messy loudness of her public persona, it felt meaningful to me, to trace out my own emerging thoughts & feelings in the pattern of someone that interested & excited me. i'll never retract my original thoughts on that book, but since then i've consciously parted ways with her as a performer & a persona -- i have no interest in re-reading it & have become much more sceptical abt both it & her. And so it continues. This month, Tempest heads to the US on tour. The European leg starts in April. There is another novel in the works; a book of poetry, too. There’s more, of course. So much of it. “I can feel myself at an important moment creatively,” they say. “Things spinning around in my head; coming out of my hands.” Frankly, I say, it sounds exhausting. This whole album, and this process, and me coming out, is me squaring myself with the idea of what being a musician is,” they say, “and how that differs from being a playwright or an author, where you can be less visible.” Part of Tempest longs for that invisibility. “At the same time, what am I scared of? It’s my life.” Maybe, they say, openness might be healing. “The pain of what it used to be – to be interviewed or on telly, that pain is also about [gender] dysphoria,” they say. “And because I’m doing something to treat that, maybe it’s not going to hurt this time.” Coming out has been huge,” Tempest says, tentatively. “A beautiful but difficult thing to do publicly.” The process has been fraught with pain and uncertainty. “It’s hard enough to say: ‘Hey look, I’m trans or non-binary,’ to loved ones. And I have this twin life beyond my friends and family.” I don’t understand how our bodies became territory for war