Feist: Anti-Pioneer

Feist isn’t interested in opening doors for other people. She moves through the work that calls to her and makes something specific enough that it can’t be copied or franchised. There’s something almost hostile in that independence—the refusal to become a reference point, a school, a method that others can follow. She’s done remarkably well without ever trying to influence anyone, which means her work doesn’t teach you anything. You can listen. You can’t learn the trick. That’s probably exactly how she wants it.