<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo-1949, uJess wabhalisa eCalifornia School of the Arts manje eyiSan Francisco Art Institute futhi, ngemva kokuhlukana nomkhaya wakubo, waqala ukuzibiza ngokuthi uJess. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1940, uJess wahlangana noRobert Duncan nomdwebi uLyn Brockway, futhi wasebenza emibukisweni eminingi, ekuhlanganeni kwezinkondlo, nasemizamweni yokudala ngombuthano wabo. Wahlangana noRobert Duncan ngo-1951 futhi waqala ubudlelwano nembongi eyaqhubeka kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukaDuncan ngo-1988. Ngo-1952, eSan Francisco, uJess, noDuncan nomdwebi uHarry Jacobus, bavula iKing Ubu Gallery, eyaba yindawo ebalulekile yobuciko obungafani nalokhu futhi eyahlala injalo lapho, ngo-1954, imbongi uJack Spicer ivula kabusha isikhala njenge  <response>: Igalari Yesithupha. 