I do not philosphize nor do I analyze myself.
Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
1916 Spring Thaw #tt1916 

Toronto has become too military for my liking. Even the children dress as soliders.
I can never keep straight who is fighting whom overseas
Because of my poor knowledge of European art I was free to create mine own
The last place to learn anything useful is from your own opinion.
I may not be considered articulate but I am a prolific reader.
1917 Early Spring, Algonquin Park #tt1917 

Sprucedale was the economic centre for the area west of the Park.
I don't confront issues. I just eliminate them from my way of living.
When the temperature goes below minus forty the only thing that moves is the smoke from chimneys.
The most bland are downright offended by the use of bright colour.
I was more than once drunk in the Studio Building.
1917 Birches. #tt1917 

I like to prepare my canvases so that they are of the same colour as my boards.
Shannon Fraser's conception of a religious ceremony involves the raising of a rectified spirit @mowatlodge
Good fishing to be had at Gill Lake.
One can never have too much red in a painting.
As I was returning in late 1916, the Duke of Connaught was being chased out of the country.
Sketching should be considered the opposite of canvas painting