It is better to be true to yourself than be a groomed puppet of insincerity and falsehood
Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
I was impressed by Jackson's 'Edge of the Maple Wood' at the 1912 OSA Exhibition.
I still have the sketch that I painted into the canvas 1915 Moonlight #tt1915 
Every man passes his life in search for friendship.
I had something that nobody else could acquire - the north in my blood.
I was more than an aging farmboy - pulling eggs from chickens I've never seen
MacDonald liked to write poetry, then tear it up.
1916 Islands, Canoe Lake #upclose No 4. #tt1917 
1916 White Birches Round Lake #tt1914 
Why does a Nation have to define itself by War? Why not by Art?
Man is many things, but he is not rational
Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema.
you get your blankets wet and if you spread them out to dry it is sure to rain again.
I can never keep straight who is fighting whom overseas
English art is a generation behind. Canadian art, a century.
My father wanted to get his money's worth from me. I had to stay on the farm until I was twenty-one.
The typical Canadian is materialistic and conventional.
Every man passes his life in search for friendship.
The remedy for overly-civilized men is a camping vacation.
In a large gathering I have nothing to say, but in the company of friends I am a different man