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Last Notes npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Want to know what it felt like to live and die in 1916-17 Then follow me. ttlastspring.com npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson And thus concludes my tweets as they were in 1916-17. http://i.imgur.com/dZubZu0.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Whenever I got robbed it was for good reason. The robber needed the money more than me. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson When Jackson enlisted and left Toronto in 1915, Frankin Carmichael moved into the Studio with me npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Distraught @WinnieTrainor sees the men at the dock. Asks to see the body. Mark Robinson refuses, but allows his 11 yr-old son to see. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I bought my canoe in 1915; it disappeared in 1917. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Shack in the North Country #tt1914 @agotoronto http://i.imgur.com/QUfYgtW.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson MacDonald helped me to see landscape differently and made me approach painting with reverence npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I left Seattle in 1904 and ended up in Toronto in 1905. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson After all that has happened, nobody bothered to observe Orangemen's Day today. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I had something that nobody else could acquire - the north in my blood. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I do not philosphize nor do I analyze myself. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The disruption of the War was heart-breaking for all of us npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I attended business school in Chatham, run by my older brother George. That was a mistake. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I am cordial, untamed, moody, exuberant - all at the same time. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson July 11, 1917 Last quarter moon tonight npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Seven days before a body is found. #WhoKilledTomThomson npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson On this day and at this time in 1917: Painter Tom Thomson is last seen alive. #WhoKilledTomThomson http://i.imgur.com/FziFx1g.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The wind and lightning are in full show. Shaping up to be a bad evening overall. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I visit Annie Colson at Joe Lake Outfitters. Like TS Eliot, I observe that I am measuring out my life in coffee spoons. http://i.imgur.com/FWe1DUO.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Martin Blecher: Private Investigator and Groundhog Wrangler - an awe-inspiring combination of professional and personal skills. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I had a few sharp words with Martin Blecher. Next time I'll throw his pet groundhog down the outhouse hole. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I stay in one corner and read Bell's Art while thinking about my plans. http://i.imgur.com/fxNQ1Tz.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Out on the front verandah this morning. I noticed that Canoe Lake has a strange haze on it. Not fog, smoke. http://i.imgur.com/pgJXA2K.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 6 days until I meet my fate. Read my daily journal entries. Follow me live. ttlastspring.com npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Fred Varley tried to play matchmaker but I felt unworthy of the match. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson July 1, 1917: City of Toronto switches to Daylight Savings Time. Railway schedules stay the same. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1910 John Thomson, my father #tt1910 http://i.imgur.com/CCMkr5I.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson My letter to @WinnieTrainor http://i.imgur.com/GB6S02S.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Lawren Harris taught me the power and vitality from the German Expressionists npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Writing a letter to @WinnieTrainor. I plan to have Lowrie Dickson hand-deliver it. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The Poems of Wilfred Campbell - The Journey http://i.imgur.com/T1vVvb6.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Letter to Winnie Trainor https://wp.me/p2YBXq-1gq npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The pine trees have the truest story of this land npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908 npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In retrospect, it might be easier to look at your life once you’ve passed on npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I can see directly into the landscape and transform it. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Mark Robinson returns from vacation in Barrie. Shannon Fraser is no longer the town sheriff. http://i.imgur.com/arNGxiw.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 8 days until I meet my fate. Follow the journal of my last spring ttlastspring.com Who Killed #TomThomson http://i.imgur.com/dDlTa7K.jpg?1 npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson A good sketch imparts a different feeling every time you look at it. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson If I can catch the big trout on Dominion Day, it would be cause for a real celebration. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 8 days until I meet my fate. Who Killed #TomThomson http://i.imgur.com/hfr4clK.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Jun 30, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: BRITISH MAKE MORE IMPORTANT GAINS. VOTE ON CONSCRIPTION MAY COME ON THURSDAY MORNING. http://i.imgur.com/nHuV9NU.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Dr MacCallum tried to find out animal-like shapes in our brushstrokes. It annoyed us. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Love art whether you accept it or not. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 9 days until I meet my fate. Read my daily journal entries. Follow me live. ttlastspring.com npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Only 10 days before I meet my fate on July 8, 1917 #TomThomson http://i.imgur.com/zZoX6lM.png?1 npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I have a good opinion of the work of others, but a poor opinion of my own. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1917 The Rapids #tt1917 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmuD3CeIQAArPg5.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson All the pretty girls are at Cache Lake. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Study the subject up close first before painting from afar npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1905 Sailboat http://i.imgur.com/0nsK6pt.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson That an artist needs to be depressed and drunk to do his best is utter myth npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson make a drink like nectar; npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The weather worsens and it's a downpour. The water is streaming into my tent. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In July 1916, Camp Borden in Barrie was nicknamed Camp Horror. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 was a hot and dry year. High chances of fire. It was tough to be a fire ranger. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The weather has turned for the better. The evening is serene. It's warm and the slight breeze keeps the bugs away npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I hate authority being imposed on me npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson An artist has to paint as he sees the scene if it is going to be natural and to last npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson According to a Presbyterian a Methodist is a Baptist who can read. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 17 days until I meet my fate. Read my daily journal entries. Follow me live. ttlastspring.com npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson you get your blankets wet and if you spread them out to dry it is sure to rain again. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1913 Birches 8x11 inches oil on paperboard http://i.imgur.com/T4Rb0g5.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I can hear the train whistle in the distance in the night: carrying soldiers, wheat and war material. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Tom Thomson Visits @mowatlodge and Finds Some Artifacts: http://t.co/oF1ArYnMFD npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I never went to Europe art school so I had to draw my own observations npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 19 days until I meet my fate. Solve the mystery Who Killed #TomThomson http://i.imgur.com/N2ioGwd.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Canoe Lake Forecast: 6/19/1917 High: 82.9F Low: 55.9F Rain: 0 inches. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Harris, MacDonald, Beatty, Heming, Williamson, Jackson and me: first tenants of Studio Bldg. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson They fled from courts and convents, npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1916 Nocturne #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrLz26HCEAIVKgk.jpg npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Only 20 days before I meet my fate on July 8, 1917 #TomThomson http://i.imgur.com/Geh8VYN.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson A fascinating thing about Monarch butterflies is not that they come as far as Mexico but they have four generations here. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Uncle Brodie's reputation was so well regarded, he was consulted in the creation of the the Park. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson In the spring I would pack up my bags, roll up my blankets, and take the first train to Algonquin. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Shannon Fraser has a vacuum where his Conscience might be. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I can’t get used to the idea of Jackson being in the machine npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Letter to Billie Bear Lodge https://wp.me/p2YBXq-1g2 npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson A sketch is nothing more than shorthand of what nature is trying to tell you. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I never married. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Yours truly, Tom Thomson npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson People think it's simple. You marry and that's it. You send your boy off to war and that's it. No choices and no questions. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson If it was a rainy day, I would stay in camp, clean my pipes and read the Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Mowat P.O. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Dinnertime.The braised venison on my plate comes from a deer formerly known as 'Buck' npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Because of the bad weather, I'll be staying in my room @mowatlodge tonight. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I am cordial, untamed, moody, exuberant - all at the same time. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1914 Spring French River #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/j7az85n.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Mowat Lodge: the place to fish, recover from illness, or have one's letters read by someone else... npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The War has given every woman that hangdog look. There is no longer joy in the eyes of anyone. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 30 days until I meet my fate. Solve the mystery Who Killed #TomThomson http://i.imgur.com/XMO8vVi.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Painted in 1916 Spring, Canoe Lake http://i.imgur.com/mq6J3ej.png npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson Annie looks at me and swallows hard. She knows she's crossed a line. Tears well up in her eyes. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson 1915-16 Forest Undergrowth I http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/794lU.jpg 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 Invite an artist over for a hot dinner, a good conversation, a stiff drink, and buy his art so he can pay his rent. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson MacDonald liked to write poetry, then tear it up. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson I helped Taylor Statten by hauling sand from Sims Pit to build his cottage chimney on Little Wap Island. npub1pczukv7wx7l6mlpx54qxuzp0s32s7clejt04y4kl6z9vvgyz4x0qp4ehtq Tom Thomson The only true secret I have is what I plan to do in the end.
