It is our savage nature gives us creativity and passion.
Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
Jackson said it wasn't about Canadian art, it was ending our dependence on stale European tradtions
I am generous to the point of being careless about money.
Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour.
1914 Grey Clouds, Algonquin Park #tt1914 
I'm happy when I come through with my sketches, despondent when I don't
There's not many people I dislike, but when I do, I dislike them intensely.
Only dead things remain as they are.
By 1910 I was making regular sketching trips with my friends to Lake Scugog, Weston, Lambton and York Mills.
The trees, rocks and weather are in my bones.
Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema.
I knew all of the birds and their song.
A good artist makes you forget you are looking at brush strokes on canvas.
1916 Approaching Snowstorm #1916 
The trees, rocks and weather are in my bones.
In 1906 my brother George gave up being a businessman and went to NY City to become an artist.
The city has cranks full of enthusiasm and theory but with little practical experience
Only dead things remain as they are.
No need to shout at the Almighty, he won't listen