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“I want to connect I mean, I want something too. I don’t just wanna give, I wanna receive-. we should be like mutual vampires.” Patti Smith, Ritz #7 |
Patti was on the phone I walked into the bedroom, cleared a spot on the edge of the bed and sat down. Taped to the wall was a large piece of drawing paper, partially covered with writing and outlines of a figure She calls these drawings “illuminated manuscripts She hung up and commenced drawing Patti: You'll just have to ask me questions. NWR: Some of them may. seem complicated. Patti: That’s airight. If I don’t understand them you can explain them to me. NWR: Do you feel you’re pursuing perfection? Patti: It depends on what I’m. doing. When i’m working within the boundaries of really explored terrftory—drawtng, poems, writing a prose piece, doing an Illumination—that’s right What I’m looking for is to do a piece of work that’s so complete that it can't be questioned That’s how I had to accept Matisse Although I never liked him when I was younger, I’d look at his paintings and they |
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