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To: Rambi who wrote (9272)	4/6/1998 11:02:00 PM
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I heard a story once about this very successful stockbroker. I believe he was English. Anyway, one day he was walking to work and he never made it. He left a wife and a couple of kids if memory serves. He hopped on a boat and headed for the Ends of the Earth. He ended up in Tahiti, and somehow managed to obtain some paint and some canvas. (Maybe it was wood panels, I'll check). I have always wondered what he thought about leaving England. Did he think it was a really bad thing that he did? Did he really regret it? The paintings he made are considered to be masterpieces now, but I wonder if he had any way to judge what he was doing. He was not connected to any other painters, at least closely connected. I never found out how his paintings got back to the civilized world. But I have seen the paintings, and I think they are pretty good. I think he made the right decision. I hope he didn't feel haunted by guilt, because I'll bet his family would have been happy to know that he was doing what he wanted to do. I read a story once about another painter, I don't recall anything about it except that he had done something very wrong. I think it was the middle ages, perhaps later in the 14th or 15th century. The townsfolk hustled him out of his house and they had blood in their eyes. He was guilty, but he pleaded for mercy and said he would mend his ways. Then he showed them his paintings. They all turned and went home, because he was a good painter. I guess these guys really wanted to paint. I think writers are the same in that respect. They should write. The Internet is like Tahiti in a way, don't you think?