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November 16, 2003
permission to paint
That’s what I wanted. What do you want? my friend said. I want to paint, I said. Well why don’t you? she said. I find it hard, I said. I find it difficult to spend time painting when I should be working. But you work very hard at your paintings, she said. That’s different I said, the painting is for me.
What about the writing? she said. Well, I said, people pay me to do that. So I have permission to write. So you need permission to paint? she said. Yes, I suppose I do, I said.
So I applied for a grant from the Arts Council, and they’ve now given me permission to paint. Thank you.
Posted by john at November 16, 2003 05:25 PM
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