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Tom Thomson

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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

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Last Notes

2026-01-26 18:31:27 UTC

Jackson was worried about my cubistical tendencies. He was also worried about the 'awful' things I did to fish

2026-01-26 18:00:22 UTC

Jan 26, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: BRITISH PREMIER TELLS OF OBJECTS OF THE COMING IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

2026-01-26 17:59:30 UTC

1915 Sunset #tt1915 #upclose 1 of 4 https://i.imgur.com/AvotSyu.png

2026-01-26 15:51:13 UTC

The weather has been very rotten all through our trip, never dry for more than 24 hours at a time #ttletter

2026-01-26 13:00:48 UTC

Watch for the fire balloons, listen for the whistles. http://i.imgur.com/tU91aja.png

2026-01-26 12:51:05 UTC

Good art is understood with the mind's eye

2026-01-26 11:51:03 UTC

The thorns in Prime Minister Borden's flesh: Duke of Connaught and Sir Sam Hughes. Both gone by 1916

2026-01-26 10:51:00 UTC

No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton

2026-01-26 09:59:24 UTC

1916 Snow in the Woods I #tt1916 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/794fv.jpg

2026-01-26 09:50:58 UTC

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

2026-01-26 08:50:55 UTC

Do not mix the waters of friendship too much.

2026-01-26 07:50:53 UTC

I was a big fan of Charlie Chaplin. I had a few Chaplin stunts to dazzle my friends.

2026-01-26 06:50:51 UTC

Dr MacCallum's enthusiasm for art far outstrips his knowledge of it.

2026-01-26 05:59:21 UTC

1914 Spring, Algonquin #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/IYH9DTw.png

2026-01-26 03:02:52 UTC

City folk believe that nature is quiet and serene. Not true. There is a thousand things happening every minute.

2026-01-26 01:59:18 UTC

1916 Moose at Night ~ Oil on wood 20.9 x 26.9 cm National Gallery of Canada #tt1916 https://i.imgur.com/gkroIp2.png

2026-01-26 00:15:30 UTC

There is beauty in the bare and broken branches of dead trees.

2026-01-26 00:06:27 UTC

1916 First Snow #tt1916 http://i.imgur.com/I2iYCfb.png

2026-01-25 23:50:32 UTC

A good portrait can be peed into the snow.

2026-01-25 23:30:21 UTC

I try to impartially record nature's moods: sullen, angry or gloriously golden.

2026-01-25 22:55:16 UTC

An artist has to paint as he sees the scene if it is going to be natural and to last.

2026-01-25 22:50:29 UTC

Avoid companions that insist on claiming the stern seat in a canoe.

2026-01-25 22:05:09 UTC

Jim MacDonald keeps dropping off books by Emerson and Thoreau. I keep threatening to put them in the wood stove.

2026-01-25 21:59:15 UTC

1914 Daydreaming with Thoreau MacDonald #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/uphzBbk.png

2026-01-25 21:50:26 UTC

Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema.

2026-01-25 20:50:23 UTC

In the summer of 1915 the Lismers moved in with the MacDonalds to farm for cash crops.

2026-01-25 20:00:53 UTC

A pen and ink of my Robbie Burns saying http://i.imgur.com/vghaS6w.png

2026-01-25 19:50:21 UTC

Some days I felt like a clumsy imitator overdoing my part.

2026-01-25 19:40:48 UTC

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

2026-01-25 18:50:18 UTC

According to 1916 Saturday Night, MacDonald is the chief offender on throwing paint pots at the Public.

2026-01-25 17:59:12 UTC

1914 Smoke Lake #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/Wz6UlvU.png

2026-01-25 17:50:15 UTC

I found the social atmosphere at Go Home Bay too much. I liked being alone

2026-01-25 15:50:10 UTC

Wind from the east, fish bite the least

2026-01-25 15:15:20 UTC

1907 Robbie Burns Blessing. Watercolour on paper 5 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. http://i.imgur.com/NJ32kEw.png

2026-01-25 15:00:16 UTC

1905 Blessing by Robbie Burns http://i.imgur.com/ILzhEkw.png

2026-01-25 14:50:07 UTC

In a pinch, one part bacon grease and ten parts spruce gum can be used to repair a canoe

2026-01-25 14:39:12 UTC

West Wind http://t.co/ta8xjRcfkA via @thenfb

2026-01-25 09:59:07 UTC

1914 Petawawa Gorges #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/Y76Fszk.png

2026-01-25 05:59:04 UTC

1914 Sunset Algonquin Park #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/JiBko6c.png

2026-01-25 05:49:44 UTC

I love the northern woods.

2026-01-25 04:49:42 UTC

Expression is a spiritual necessity: self-glorification is a lack of something to express.

2026-01-25 03:49:39 UTC

Someone once observed that I like art better than women.

2026-01-25 02:49:37 UTC

Both Varley and I liked our drink and women

2026-01-25 01:59:01 UTC

1916 Spring Thaw #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnG_OtKCIAEBnlr.jpg

2026-01-25 01:49:34 UTC

Harris said that Camp Borden was rotten hole.

2026-01-25 00:49:32 UTC

Understanding of the landscape requires sensitivity to its colours

2026-01-25 00:40:48 UTC

In Toronto there is a woeful lack of knowledge of anything outside of Toronto.

2026-01-25 00:30:45 UTC

1916 Summer Clouds #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHu0uEAUsAEaDD6.png

2026-01-24 23:49:29 UTC

I shared Studio One with Franklin Carmichael until he got married. Then I moved into the Shack.

2026-01-24 23:30:35 UTC

1916 Birch by a Lake with Big Cloud #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br3q5VkCMAILX9z.jpg

2026-01-24 23:00:30 UTC

1915 Thunderhead Pink Cloud Over a Lake #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/78fGi.jpg

2026-01-24 22:49:26 UTC

The pine trees have the truest story of this land

2026-01-24 22:30:24 UTC

West Wind

2026-01-24 22:10:20 UTC

1915 Clouds: The Zeppelins #tt1915 http://i.imgur.com/dFf9ZqD.jpg

2026-01-24 22:00:17 UTC

1915 Blue Clouds, Wooded Hills and Marshes #tt1915 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcloA3VIcAA6_uN.jpg

2026-01-24 21:58:58 UTC

1915 Sunset ~ Oil on composite wood-pulp board 21.6 x 26.7 cm National Gallery of Canada #tt1915 https://i.imgur.com/5xhlpGh.png

2026-01-24 21:49:23 UTC

I would accompany my Uncle Brodie for extensive hikes in the ravines, along the Scarborough Bluffs

2026-01-24 21:30:11 UTC

1914 Grey Clouds, Algonquin Park #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/okqZ2v7.png

2026-01-24 20:50:03 UTC

Drawing inspiration from artistic predecessors does not mean servility to tired masters.

2026-01-24 20:49:20 UTC

Park Rule: Song birds and nest and eggs of all birds are protected at all times.

2026-01-24 20:30:59 UTC

1913 Sketch for Morning Cloud #tt1913 @agotoronto http://i.imgur.com/QmGJg6B.jpg

2026-01-24 20:16:55 UTC

I never saw a good picture in Toronto. I had to use my own resources of observation.

2026-01-24 19:49:17 UTC

Harris said that landscapes, especially winter landscapes, were supposed to be fanciful and surreal.

2026-01-24 19:30:47 UTC

1913 Northern Clouds, Fall #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/5FxN1cG.png

2026-01-24 18:49:13 UTC

The remedy for overly-civilized men is a camping vacation.

2026-01-24 17:58:56 UTC

1910 Untitled Landscape #tt1910 @NatGalleryCan http://i.imgur.com/z0BfYq2.jpg

2026-01-24 17:54:31 UTC

I must do my own work, live my own life, because I am responsible for both http://i.imgur.com/IWo5b6Y.png

2026-01-24 17:49:10 UTC

Fred Varley was convinced I had psychic powers.

2026-01-24 17:38:27 UTC

Self-portrait, Pen and Ink http://i.imgur.com/SbfB3Jf.png

2026-01-24 13:58:53 UTC

1913 Northland Sunset #tt1913 @TheTomThomson https://goo.gl/maps/QuCEF95p5932 http://i.imgur.com/2l73MIl.jpg

2026-01-24 13:49:00 UTC

It was in the spring of 1912 that I fell in love with Algonquin Park.

2026-01-24 12:48:58 UTC

It was in the spring of 1912 that I fell in love with Algonquin Park.

2026-01-24 11:48:55 UTC

I first met Dr. MacCallum in October 1912 when he visited Jim MacDonald's studio

2026-01-24 10:48:53 UTC

Fred Varley was always so enthused by my work.

2026-01-24 09:58:50 UTC

1912 Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park #tt1912 @TheTomThomson https://goo.gl/maps/QuCEF95p5932 http://i.imgur.com/XEttV7L.png

2026-01-24 09:48:50 UTC

I was dissatisfied with my own work, but enthused by others. Maybe that's why people liked me.

2026-01-24 08:48:48 UTC

In spring 1916, I painted the West Wind sketch. Harris painted Laurie Lake.

2026-01-24 07:48:45 UTC

It was in Algonquin Park that I found my real home.

2026-01-24 06:48:43 UTC

May 7, 1915 was not a good day to be a German in Ontario - the day of the sinking of the Lusitania.

2026-01-24 05:58:47 UTC

1916-17 Woodland Waterfall #ttcanvas https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeYYz_ZIgAAY5Kc.jpg

2026-01-24 05:48:40 UTC

What would I have done if I lived past the age of forty?

2026-01-24 05:14:16 UTC

1913 Thunderhead

2026-01-24 04:48:37 UTC

Harris was one of the few artists close to me.

2026-01-24 03:48:35 UTC

Fred Varley persuaded me to submit my work to the OSA Exhibition

2026-01-24 03:00:02 UTC

Jan 23, 1917 New moon tonight.

2026-01-24 02:48:32 UTC

Is my duty to be in the trenches, killing or being killed in the name of love of country?

2026-01-24 02:30:57 UTC

1916 Trees, Red Hill and Sunset Sky #tt1916 http://i.imgur.com/SkP5ln7.png

2026-01-24 01:58:44 UTC

1914 Lake Freighter #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/8N7RMtE.png

2026-01-24 01:48:30 UTC

Jim MacDonald had the top floor in the Studio Building but due to illness in 1917 moved to ground floor

2026-01-24 01:30:46 UTC

1916 Hills and Sky #tt1916 http://i.imgur.com/jdyqtqr.png

2026-01-24 01:00:41 UTC

1916 Grey Sky #tt1916 @gallerydotca http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/78fgG.jpg

2026-01-24 00:48:27 UTC

Jackson had the greater initiative and was as indifferent to material ambition as I was

2026-01-24 00:30:36 UTC

1915 Sunset Sky #tt1915 http://i.imgur.com/qJOGMm3.png

2026-01-24 00:00:31 UTC

1915 Stormy Sky #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/78fp2.jpg

2026-01-23 23:48:24 UTC

A good portrait can be peed into the snow.

2026-01-23 23:30:26 UTC

1915 Stormy Sky #tt1915 http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/6W9dJ.jpg

2026-01-23 22:10:12 UTC

1914 Hills and Swirling Sky Verso #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/9Y3PBAJ.png

2026-01-23 22:00:09 UTC

1914 Hills and Swirling Sky #tt1914 http://i.imgur.com/iLkRn3x.png

2026-01-23 21:58:41 UTC

1916 Near Grand Lake http://t.co/TlgEl5OfUf #tt1916 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaKP7aRIQAEBr4J.jpg

2026-01-23 20:30:53 UTC

1913 Sky - The Light That Never Was. #tt1913 http://i.imgur.com/N1DJu87.jpg