Meanwhile,
all
your work was not wasted.
See,
you
wouldn't have understood me
before.
What's
more,
you
already knew these things,
such as; simple
sayings, adage, axioms
and cliches, articles of accessory
and cliches, articles of accessory
seemed so gaudy, and yet
tried.
tried.
Unlike any new advice such as
subtle suggestions, elbows
and a nudge,
not this way, we learn as we
make progress.
You
and a nudge,
not this way, we learn as we
make progress.
You
have
this one life, one chance, one
You
must
do what you love
Now.
Ask.
Ask not for permission,
don't wait for approval
don't doubt
empty pockets have holes.
don't wait for approval
don't doubt
empty pockets have holes.
Ask
without question what is
Best. One foot at a
Best. One foot at a
Time, time
is
watching you
while you have an eye on it.
while you have an eye on it.
This time
is yours, borrowed.
is yours, borrowed.
Counting
the friendly hour,
you
count on hands
and
wonder what it all
amounts
to.
Like
wilting exclamation marks,
on a petrified Dali branch,
there was always the expression
and what it meant
to you.
there was always the expression
and what it meant
to you.
Image of painting by Honoré Daumier [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, Advice to a Young Artist (1865-68).
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot [1796-1875], Paris; (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, part III, 7-9 June 1875, no. 665); purchased by Arthur Stevens.[1] Guillotin, Paris, by 1901. Adolphe A. Tavernier, Paris, by 1901.[2] [Ernest?] Cronier, by 1904. Goerg [or Georg], Reims, by 1905. A. Bergeaud, Paris, in 1910.[3] (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, Ltd., Glasgow and London), by 1927; sold to D.W.T. Cargill [1872-1939], Glasgow. (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), by 1928.[4] (Galerie Étienne Bignou, New York); sold 1941 to Duncan Phillips [1886-1966], Washington, D.C.; gift 1941 to NGA.
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