Ethan Bodnar

“My small torrent of words dissipated into an elaborate sense of expanding and receding. It was my entrance into the radiance of imagination.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“We would work side by side for hours, in a state of mutual concentration.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“I escaped into daydreams as I did my piecework. I longed to enter the fraternity of the artist: the hunger, their manner of dress, their process and prayers. I’d brag that I was going to be an artist’s mistress one day. Nothing seemed more romantic to my young mind. I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids