A good artist makes you forget you are looking at brush strokes on canvas.
Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908
You can judge a moose by the size of its antlers. Too bad there's no similar rule for judging men.
The sun is high in the sky. The water sparkles like diamonds. The windows in the distant buildings are diamonds too.
Common Yellowthroat arrives today in @algonquin_pp #migratorybirds 
1917 Northern Lights - verso #tt1917 
The weather is getting better. Follow the journal of my last spring in 1917 #TomThomson
My aim was not be unique but to express truth and beauty as I saw it.
Maeterlinck: How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.
An artist's work is the artist's way of making another artist.
I indulged myself in the brilliant fall colours, but truth is, spring is my favourite season.
Birch tree on rock with moss. http://t.co/BA80MdHkzf
I met Dr. MacCallum in 1912. Saw my sketches in J. MacDonald's studio. He rang every doorbell on Summerhill to find me. 
Every man passes his life in search for friendship.
1917 Path Behind @mowatlodge #tt1917 
1917 Winter Thaw #upclose #TomThomson No. 1 #tt1917 
Is my duty to be in the trenches, killing or being killed in the name of love of country?
If it works, it is true.
Why does a Nation have to define itself by War? Why not by Art?
One week camping with two men and no fishing requires seven lbs of bacon.