{"product_id":"book-club-just-kids-by-patti-smith-thurs-18-jun-method-kala-ghoda","title":"Book Club | Just Kids by Patti Smith | Thurs, 18 Jun | Method Kala Ghoda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVenue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Method Kala Ghoda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thursday, 17th June\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime: \u003c\/strong\u003e6 PM \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust Kids is Patti Smith’s account of her years with Robert Mapplethorpe, and also a book about devotion to a person, to a practice, and to the idea that art is less a career and more a calling. Tackling the years of invisibility that often trace an artist’s journey, it also deals with the choice to stay in a place when leaving would have been easier. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book quietly argues that hunger, shared between two people who recognise it in each other, is often the most generative force there is. And while doing that, it invites readers into a New York scene that doesn’t exist any longer, where proxixmity to other serious people was enough to keep you going. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut to read Just Kids now is to sit with a question the culture mostly avoids: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it cost to take your work seriously before anyone else does? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo, not the romantic version of that question but the actual one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Method Kala Ghoda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42272194723895,"sku":"FR08","price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/6730\/8855\/files\/5.png?v=1781514401","url":"https:\/\/themethod.art\/products\/book-club-just-kids-by-patti-smith-thurs-18-jun-method-kala-ghoda","provider":"Method","version":"1.0","type":"link"}