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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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The air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses ~ GTR brochure
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Some say my colours are exaggerated, but that was the very colour in the light of the moment.
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Carmichael described my canvas as having a vast expanse of grey and soggy sky.
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Civilization is only a veneer. Deep down everyone revolts at civilization.
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The north-eastern section of the Park is great for sketching, the hills are steeper and the rapids are cataracts.
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Jackson described a canvas of Harris as Tomato Soup.
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Without a pipe of tobacco and a good drink nothing can be done.
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In spring 1916, I painted the West Wind sketch. Harris painted Laurie Lake.
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It was in the autumn of 1915, after Carmichael had married, that I moved into the Shack behind the Studio.
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Lawren Harris taught me the power and vitality from the German Expressionists