If I tell you a story will you promise not to go at it with a red pen? Believe me, the red pen it will eventually face is worse than it could possibly be.
There once was a son of a glover who could paint extraordinarily well. His father made a series of bum investments that it very nearly seemed that he'd have to be a notary, but luckily his talent allowed him to dodge that bullet. He became the apprentice of a famous painter (well, rather a famous painter's apprentice's apprentice, until he improved), and he could mimic another painter so well that it became his job to mimic that painter. This may have given him a creative complex which he never overcame. He wanted to paint things on his own, but according to his contemporaries he never developed one--they felt that his variations in style were poor-quality mimicries, not stylistic strides that would later influence the impressionists. Due to courtly demand he began painting scenes of extreme sensuousness (for the period), but which were so lush and earnest as to be nearly comical, which his contemporaries enjoyed but did not quite respect. Still. The glover's son achieved success enough to make a
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But, I will try! I promise!
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There once was a son of a glover who could paint extraordinarily well. His father made a series of bum investments that it very nearly seemed that he'd have to be a notary, but luckily his talent allowed him to dodge that bullet. He became the apprentice of a famous painter (well, rather a famous painter's apprentice's apprentice, until he improved), and he could mimic another painter so well that it became his job to mimic that painter. This may have given him a creative complex which he never overcame. He wanted to paint things on his own, but according to his contemporaries he never developed one--they felt that his variations in style were poor-quality mimicries, not stylistic strides that would later influence the impressionists. Due to courtly demand he began painting scenes of extreme sensuousness (for the period), but which were so lush and earnest as to be nearly comical, which his contemporaries enjoyed but did not quite respect. Still. The glover's son achieved success enough to make a ( ... )
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That's not an awful story. TRAGEDY~
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