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Last Notes npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Jackson was worried about my cubistical tendencies. He was also worried about the 'awful' things I did to fish npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915 Sunset #tt1915 #upclose 1 of 4 https://i.imgur.com/AvotSyu.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Good art is understood with the mind's eye npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The thorns in Prime Minister Borden's flesh: Duke of Connaught and Sir Sam Hughes. Both gone by 1916 npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Snow in the Woods I #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/794fv.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In 1915 I went up to Owen Sound for a day to see my sister Minnie from out West. Did not see her for 8 years npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Do not mix the waters of friendship too much. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I was a big fan of Charlie Chaplin. I had a few Chaplin stunts to dazzle my friends. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Spring, Algonquin #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/IYH9DTw.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 First Snow #tt1916 http://i.imgur.com/I2iYCfb.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson A good portrait can be peed into the snow. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I try to impartially record nature's moods: sullen, angry or gloriously golden. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Avoid companions that insist on claiming the stern seat in a canoe. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Jim MacDonald keeps dropping off books by Emerson and Thoreau. I keep threatening to put them in the wood stove. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Daydreaming with Thoreau MacDonald #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/uphzBbk.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In the summer of 1915 the Lismers moved in with the MacDonalds to farm for cash crops. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson A pen and ink of my Robbie Burns saying http://i.imgur.com/vghaS6w.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Some days I felt like a clumsy imitator overdoing my part. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit: Robbie Burns npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I found the social atmosphere at Go Home Bay too much. I liked being alone npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1905 Blessing by Robbie Burns http://i.imgur.com/ILzhEkw.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson West Wind http://t.co/ta8xjRcfkA via @thenfb npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Petawawa Gorges #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/Y76Fszk.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I love the northern woods. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Harris said that Camp Borden was rotten hole. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Understanding of the landscape requires sensitivity to its colours npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In Toronto there is a woeful lack of knowledge of anything outside of Toronto. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Summer Clouds #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHu0uEAUsAEaDD6.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I shared Studio One with Franklin Carmichael until he got married. Then I moved into the Shack. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Birch by a Lake with Big Cloud #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br3q5VkCMAILX9z.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Drawing inspiration from artistic predecessors does not mean servility to tired masters. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I never saw a good picture in Toronto. I had to use my own resources of observation. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Harris said that landscapes, especially winter landscapes, were supposed to be fanciful and surreal. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Jackson had the greater initiative and was as indifferent to material ambition as I was npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915 Stormy Sky #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/78fp2.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Hills and Swirling Sky #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/iLkRn3x.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Sometimes I paint as if my life depended upon it. Sometimes I fail. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The economy was in a slump in 1914. The fact that someone chose to be a full-time artist was viewed as frivolous npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson An admiration of my sketch would prompt me to give it away. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Why does a Nation have to define itself by War? Why not by Art? npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The gesso needs to be brought to the right temperature on the stove. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson On the farm in Leith, aside from the usual religious holidays, we didn't pay too much attention to the other observances. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In May 1915, after the sinking of the Lusitania, electric signs advertising German beer in Toronto were removed. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Is my duty to be in the trenches, killing or being killed in the name of love of country? npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson My potatoes are frozen. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Being right isn't all there is to life. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Terse Travel Talk, trivia of the times, brought to you by the Grand Trunk Railway. http://i.imgur.com/hFYL1Bn.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson It was my interest in advertising that led me to photoengraving. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson When the temperature goes below minus forty the only thing that moves is the smoke from chimneys. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Expression is a spiritual necessity: self-glorification is a lack of something to express. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Square dances are a good way of getting to know women while keeping your options open. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I picked up the habit of drinking when I was young npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Spring, Algonquin #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/IYH9DTw.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I was accused of painting 'diseased trees' npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Dec 21, 1916 TORONTO WORLD: PRESIDENT WILSON ASKS FOR PEACE DISCUSSION. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Burnt Country, Evening #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/cJzJO4J.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson When I first arrived in Algonquin Park in 1913 it was a quiet place. Few lumbermen, fewer tourists. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Because of my Uncle Brodie I see thousands of things on the trails that others miss npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1908 Stormy Weather. Watercolour on paper 9 1/2 x 14 in. http://i.imgur.com/8TiJ8oo.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Nothing focuses the mind better than a portage through the woods followed by a bear. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1913 Clouds and Sky #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/PM9gWGQ.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Jack Pine #tt1916 http://i.imgur.com/HsNxmdk.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 The Pink Houseboat last seen at @theartemporium http://i.imgur.com/vcEnPSX.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Despite my awkwardness, I could do things with colour that nobody could npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Log Picking House Point, Dog Point #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/sRJCQ4a.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I learned from Jackson how to paint up canvas from sketches. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I'm planning to take the train to Owen Sound for Christmas. I hope to dance at Leith Hall. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson All the big lumbermen are on Grand Lake. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I painted the elements in their true nature but subtracted the elements that did not matter to me npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Early Winter North #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8oVcF.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I am long dead and gone but people remember me by my sketches and the stories partly told. Follow me. http://t.co/TlgEl5OfUf npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915 Winter Ice, Canoe Lake #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcK5epuIYAARGYo.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915 Winter Evening, Canoe Lake #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdLZyaNIYAARA1h.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Jackson described a canvas of Harris as Tomato Soup. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1913 City Street, Winter #tt1913 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8pQx8.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1912-13 Northern Shore, Winter #ttcanvas http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/8UQ6z.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915 Summer Day #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoB89A_IAAESApw.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I like decorative form - decorative panels are another matter npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I feel like it is my duty to paint canvases but my real joy is sketching my boards, npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I need to get the feel as well as the look of country. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson For the landscape to paint, I was indebted to the lumber companies; dams, log shutes, camp clearings npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The essence of life is creative but our manner of living is not creative. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Dec 13 1916 TORONTO WORLD: PEACE PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITH CONTEMPT IN ENGLAND. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson You can't change the boy, so buy him the Lightning Hockey Shoe. http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/7RW0R.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908 npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The economy was in a slump in 1914. The fact that someone chose to be a full-time artist was viewed as frivolous npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson What would I have done if I lived past the age of forty? npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Toronto World: Nov 27 1916: FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS IN VIOLENT FIGHTING AT VERDUN npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915 Black Spruce and Cherry Blossoms #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bb0EhL9IAAAyMjl.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Untitled Landscape #tt1916 f534tvet43556v.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Toronto World: Nov 14 1916: ROUMANIANS REPULSE GERMANS IN TRANSYLVANIA npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Unlike my artist friends, I never took any formal training. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson At times I am moody, temperamental and deeply discouraged. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I wanted to be a sailor or enlist in the Boer War but my father wouldn't let me go. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson All the big lumbermen are on Grand Lake. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I would produce more from uninspired material while my chums were of searching for inspired material. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I had the reputation of being an ornery person on occasion and a womanizer.
