Ileta ebuhlungu uPatti Smith wathumela uRobert Mapplethorpe ukuba akazange aphendule

Ileta kaPatti Smith ka-1974 eya kuRobert Mapplethorpe yinto ebuhlungu ebuhlungu ukusuka kwelinye igcisa ukuya kwelinye. Kuyo, uphalaza imbilini yakhe, emxelela indlela amkhumbula ngayo nendlela ukuchitha ixesha kunye okubaluleke ngayo kuye. Yileta eyothusayo yobuqu, kwaye enye uMapplethorpe angazange ayiphendule.

Xa uPatti Smith wafudukela kwisiXeko saseNew York—xa wayeneminyaka engama-20 kuphela ubudala ngowe-1967—wayefana nomvundla ezibaneni zentloko emva kokufika kwesinye sezixeko ezikhulu zehlabathi esasisuka ePitman, eNew Jersey, kodwa umfoti uRobert Mapplethorpe uziva wamkelekile kulomzi ongalaliyo.

USmith wenze umtsi omkhulu njengoko wayesiya kuleqa amaphupha akhe obugcisa, indlela ekumele ukuba yayiyingcaciso yoloyiko kwaye iMapplethorpe yayiluncedo olukhulu ekufumaneni iinyawo zakhe kwisiXeko saseNew York, eyayiza kuba yindawo eyayivumela uPatti igcisa elichaza ixesha. USmith wadibana nomfoti ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala emva kokufika kwiBig Apple, intlanganiso yeengqondo kwindawo ethengisa iincwadi kunye nomhlobo wakhe kunye nembongi uJanet Hamill. Baye baqhubeka nokwabelana ngobudlelwane obunzulu bothando, enye eyayinesiphithiphithi njengoko esi sibini sasilwa namaxesha entlupheko kwaye uMapplethorpe walwa nobuni bakhe.

Kwincwadi yakhe Abantwana nje, USmith uchaze uMapplethorpe njengenkwenkwana engumalusi we-hippie awathi wamenza waziva ngathi bangabantu ababini ngenxa yokwabelana kwabo ngobugcisa kwaye baphumeza indima omnye komnye. Njengoko isitsho encwadini, uSmith wathi i-NPR ngo-2010, savuka sisazi ukuba asisekho sodwa.

Ngokwenene, xa ndadibana noRobert, sasingekabikho. Yiyo loo nto ndibize incwadi Abantwana nje, USmith wongeza. Ndifuna ngokwenene abantu baqonde ukuba sasibancinci. Kwaye kwathatha ixesha ukuba sibe ngabo savela kubo. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba kuRobert kwakungumzabalazo kuba kwinqanaba elithile kwakuthetha ukuba kufuneka enze ukhetho.

Bendisazi ukuba andinakuze ndibe nobudlelwane naye ngendlela ebeya kuba nobudlelwane ngayo nendoda, waqhubeka uSmith. Kodwa ke njengoko ixesha lalihamba, ndaqonda ukuba oko mna noRobert sinako, akukho mntu wumbi uya kuba nako, indoda okanye ibhinqa.

Ngaphandle kwendibano yethuba elinye, uSmith ngengazange abe nayo loo mvakalelo yokuba ngowayo eyamenza ukuba aphumelele kwaye abe yinkwenkwezi awayenayo italente eluhlaza. Ngokunjalo, uMapplethorpe ngekhe akhuthazwe ukuba angene kwihlabathi lokufota ukuba ibingenguye owangena kwivenkile yeencwadi ngelo xesha ngaloo mini ye-1967.

Ngo-1989, iminyaka engama-22 emva kwentlanganiso yabo yokuqala kunye nokuqala kobuhlobo ngelo xesha babesele behlukene ngokuthandana, aba babini basebona bahlobo basondeleyo ababelane ngobudlelwane obukhethekileyo kwaye uSmith wayekhathazekile xa wasweleka emva kokufunyaniswa ukuba unoGawulayo. .

Kwiintsuku ezingaphambi kokubhubha kwakhe kabuhlungu okwawukrazula umphefumlo woluntu lwe-LGBTQ +, uPatti wabhala umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni ileta angazange alifumane ithuba lokuyifunda, onokuyibona ibhalwe ngezantsi.

URobert othandekayo,

Rhoqo xa ndilele ndiye ndizibuze ukuba nawe ulele ungalali. Ngaba usezintlungwini, okanye uziva wedwa? Unditsale kwelona xesha limnyama lobomi bam bobutsha, wabelana nam ngemfihlelo engcwele yento ekuyiyo ukuba ngumzobi. Ndifunde ukubona ngawe kwaye ungaze ndiqambe umgca okanye ndizobe igophe elingaveli kulwazi endilufumene ngexesha lethu elixabisekileyo kunye. Umsebenzi wakho, ophuma kumthombo wolwelo, unokulandwa kwingoma yeze yobutsha bakho. Wathetha ngoko ngokubambana ngezandla noThixo. Khumbula, kuyo yonke into, ubusoloko usibambe eso sandla. Yibambe nzima, Robert, kwaye ungayiyeki.

Ngenye imvakwemini, xa wawulele egxalabeni lam, ndakhukuliseka nam. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ndenze njalo, kwathi qatha kum ukuba ndijonge macala onke kuzo zonke izinto zakho kunye nomsebenzi wakho kwaye ndihamba iminyaka yomsebenzi wakho engqondweni yam, ukuba kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakho, usengoyena mhle kakhulu. Owona msebenzi umhle kunayo yonke.

UPatti.