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She believes in Mapplethorpe, though. So much more than she believes in herself. She works as a bookstore clerk while he spends his days at home making collages and taking his first Polaroids. Once they scrape together enough money for a tiny room at the Chelsea Hotel, her devotion even extends to the way she navigates their personal space.
I had everything I needed but it was not big enough for two people to work. Since he used the desk, I taped a sheet of Arches sateen to my section of the wall and began a drawing of the two of us in Coney Island.
And again when they move into their own place on 23rd Street:
We talked about it a lot. I would have the smaller space in the front, and he would have the back.
So matter-of-fact: He used the desk. I would have the smaller space.
