![]() ![]() I had asked, even begged him so many times before I left to tell me what he was thinking about, what was on his mind. They vowed never to leave each other and Mapplethorpe’s dying wish was for Smith to tell their story. The pair would live together and create different forms of art. She met a guy she described as a “hippie shepherd boy” with tousled curls from Long Island. The most beautiful work of all.īefore Patti Smith was known as the Godmother of Punk she was a young woman who left Chicago for New York City. But before I did, it occurred to me looking around at all of your things and your work and going through years of work in my mind, that of all your work, you are still your most beautiful. The other afternoon, when you fell asleep on my shoulder, I drifted off, too. I learned to see through you and never compose a line or draw a curve that does not come from the knowledge I derived in our precious time together… Are you in pain or feeling alone? You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist. Often I lie awake and I wonder if you are also lying awake. Just Kids is a heartfelt memoir celebrating the couple’s relationship as young bohemians, artists and muses, and lovers-turned-friends. It is thirty years since photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe’s passing, and a decade since Patti Smith wrote their love story, but these heightened emotions remain visceral and true in their works. Non-Fiction Books / Biographies & True Stories BOOK REVIEW: Just Kids Illustrated Edition by Patti Smith
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