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Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
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I learned from Jackson how to paint up canvas from sketches.
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I have a good opinion of the work of others, but a poor opinion of my own.
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My training for penmanship influenced how I used the brush: decisive, linear and with laid down with energy.
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It was Lismer's readiness to accept and explore new land that made us such good companions.
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Guiding yourself to bed by candlelight makes life feel less complicated.
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Park Rule: Licenses should be kept in personal possession at all times.
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Follow the journal of my last spring. More to come next year. ttlastspring.com
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I wanted to be a sailor or enlist in the Boer War but my father wouldn't let me go.
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Jim MacDonald introduced me to Thoreau and Emerson
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A good artist makes you forget you are looking at brush strokes on canvas.
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I can never keep straight who is fighting whom overseas
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Many of my forest ranger pals lived in South River. I would visit often as I could.
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Shannon Fraser's conception of a religious ceremony involves the raising of a rectified spirit @mowatlodge
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As artists, we were all influenced by the Art Nouveau movement: lines, loops and whorls.
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It was my interest in advertising that led me to photoengraving.
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I burnt much of my work but an impressive amount remains
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The north-eastern section of the Park is great for sketching, the hills are steeper and the rapids are cataracts.