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To: E who wrote (299)	4/23/1999 3:50:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2063

May I hop off of this message for the 300 grub?

To: E who wrote (299)	4/23/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2063

Let me then presume to tell you, or at least begin to tell you (for time is short) what I will presume as an artiste to do with my flesh- canvas when I begin my Great Work. First I will need to lay a full first base coat all over the canvas. This base coat is a mixture of aromatic oils (were this a fabric-canvas I would use linseed oil, but for a flesh-canvas I will use the more aromatic oils) and smoothing substances. I warm the base coat to a gentle warmth. Then I lay the canvas on its face side, since (to avoid stretching or contracting) I must treat both the back and the face. The canvas is gently, O so gently, laid on a soft but firm table surface covered with the the finest woven linens washed to the gentlest softness. The canvas is arranged to be most comfortable. I pour a small amount of the warm, aromatic base coat in the center of the canvas. Working with the softest imaginable badger hair brush (for the finger painting comes only after the first base coat has been laid) I gently, O so gently, begin to spread the warm, soothing base coat. Gentle music wafts through the air as I work to ease all tension and promote harmony. A slow, smooth, straight stroke spreads the emulsion up the center of the back of the canvas, then I gradually work the warm, aromatic, soothing base coat oils down the sides, paying particular attention to the side edges of any protrusions which may be supporting the canvas. After the upper part of the canvas has been treated, more aromatic, soothing oil is poured into the center of the canvas, and the brush then begins to spread the oil downward, which, however, surprise, is momentarily upward. Up, around, over, and down, the brush smoothes and soothes. Down the backs of those long, lissome, canvas appendages which offer such glorious opportunities to my artistic impulses. The ends of the appendages curl slightly as the soft bristles of the badger hair brush O so gently touch their surfaces. Back up the same appendages, so long, so slender, back up those gently curving mounds to where my brush can pick up another dose of the warm, soothing oils. Then right down the center of the canvas, where appears a sort of declevity. The canvas tautens as the brush gently kisses its way onto, around, and over a small circular depression. Then the brush, still laden with its warm, aromatic oils, moves down, down, O my, it appears down into down. But I tire from the telling, which is more exhausting than the doing, and must rest from the exertion of my description. Until I continue, My Dearest Canvas..... Your faithful Artiste....