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he told me when he arrived back in

Europe from Tahiti this was of course

that he had four francs in his pocket

but he wasn't worried not in the least

because he'd brought all these paintings

with him and he was sure not just sure

but as convinced as anyone could be that

once the paintings were saved nothing

would ever be the same for him again

Oh

have you met your new neighbor mitsuko

cat no but I've heard him who course I

dab yah boola Palk okay my husband also

noticed and I hope you'd be a tyrant

neighbor I'm afraid he makes a lot of

noise he's a composer lucky man hears it

work at the moment I don't hear anything

no I mean it work at his job at the

Ministry of Agriculture

oh is it tomorrow you exhibition will

open it is suspect early I hope there's

every assignment as I've always

predicted it is going to be the most

remarkable triumph

I'm so glad now if you'll excuse me bye

Julian Julian I don't see you how they

can fail to be impressed

oh I've waited a very long time for this

you know

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not fear fine people what's that

supposed to mean it means I wish I knew

how to paint

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I was afraid of this of what I told you

didn't I

3,000 frames is simply too expensive I

don't believe you sell a single picture

we must lower our prices you don't think

we'll sell a picture I'm convinced we

won't in that case I have a better idea

what double the prices ah

hola may I introduce to you mr. Koga

have the artists most interesting I've

heard that before

I didn't say oh like I said they were

interesting but did you even mean that

well the abolition of perspective for

example no one could deny there was at

least an interesting gesture it's not a

gesture it's the outcome of a struggle

yes but perspective I don't quite know

how to put this you see most people are

inept enough for expressing ideas and

words can you imagine how difficult it

is to express ideas without them well

anyway this one I do like don't you this

one yes although personally I've never

really understood the principles of

symbolism it's not a question of

understanding anything it's a question

of feeling

because here number 37

yes Monsieur tag our wish to buy it have

it sent round certainly miss Utica

Monsieur digger you evidently admire

Monsieur go-go's work it paints like a

wolf mr. digger

you forgot your cane thank you

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may I come in okay sit down you like

this color hmm yes I do and a friend

once painter

it was obsessed with yellow the time I

was in love with rid myself he's feel

almost terrible fights but since he died

he died find I had become very

sentimental about you though but the

fact of the matter is that only a

quarter of the pictures of my exhibition

were sold and just as well really I hate

to see them go but if it means they'll

all be arriving soon and I had to find

the color which would set them off this

mission Luke told us that we should have

get board one of your paintings right I

could afford one of his he also said we

should have got to you you're painted

like a woman yes what do you mean would

you like something to drink tea

absolutely no thank you

did you know the story of the dog and

the hungry wolf

there was a wolf was starving to death

and he met a dog on the street and he

looked at him and he said a very fat

where do you find your meat but the dog

said I live with people and they feed me

the wolf Sullinger coat is so sleek and

shiny and the dog said my arrangement is

really very comfortable why don't you

come home with me I'm sure the people

will find room for you you'll be housed

and looked after and taken for walks and

fed the wolf agreed just as they arrived

at the dogs home wolf looked at the dog

and said what's that around your neck

the dog said what that that's my collar

and what happened well starve to death

you're not gonna stuffed it there it's

extraordinary how at the last minute

even as you lie expiring some piece of

meat will fall in your mouth well my

exhibition I had to either pay for the

posters the publicity invitation cards I

defend the canvases it cost more than I

earned from the paintings I sold so

starvation but then is always the stroke

of luck what was it my uncle is easy

kindly enough soul but a man of the most

exquisite uselessness finally did

something constructive what he died and

left me some money not much 14 you're

the same age as my daughter 18 the last

time I saw her my father isn't officing

no is that composer no my real father I

mean do you have many children yes I do

good believe it but she

I've had a letter from your father he's

in Paris it seems coming home no he

wants me to go to him when are you going

we all go if you wants to see me he can

come here when he gets his outlet is his

money which is ours I've certainly no

intention of running around the world

like a lunatic

what was it like meeting been wonderful

once upon a time before we arrived and

started to destroy it it's still

beautiful don't you get outside the town

called civilization tell me something

about it I had been there for months and

I decided to take a journey around the

island I was passing through a small

village on the east coast and some

people invited me to eat with them in

their Hut

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a woman asked me what I was doing and

for some reason I don't know why I said

I was looking for a wife and she smiled

at me and said take my daughter so I did

so I took her back to live with me and

at first I didn't know what the girl was

thinking and then I realized she was

happy and then I realized something even

stranger something completely unfamiliar

I was happy

Scooby why did you leave her can't

imagine

they're behind the you know bring me the

third of those paintings maybe t up

Amana you said she was happy no I should

look so sad it is because they know how

to be genuinely happy that they can also

allow themselves to be genuinely sad in

any case one of the many things they

understand is that somewhere lying in

wait

the most terrible thing that will ever

happen to you how old is she your wife

in Tahiti

how old was she thirteen

13 me

to the boy or girl oh my god a girl god

what should we call her she's two years

old she's called Youngman hmm why didn't

you tell me you were coming

nope

of course not I don't want her to get to

know you to get to love you and then you

go off and leave or maybe you take her

away with you

and leave me on my own couldn't stand

how can I trust you

I'll give you my address don't you come

and visit me

perhaps

I meant to bring you some honey not an

exhibition written so much

what's with this

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it's impossible careful

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it would be a composer was a privilege

being with you yes they were private

self-contained world sounds nothing else

nothing else except the Ministry of

Agriculture don't you mistake don't you

see if you were left if you escaped from

there you have no idea how much easier

it would be he's too scared that's

enough from you she's right though I

suppose I need her safety net I need to

know I can earn my living

listen the first three months of 1880 I

was a stockbroker I made more than

40,000 gold francs enough to live for 10

years and Tahiti and I was standing on

the floor of the vorse dying on my feet

aren't you afraid of anything or me all

artists are like criminals and of course

is something every criminal is afraid of

prison

that's what Denmark was for me Chris my

wife was a jailer throwing away the key

that's why I had to escape

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husk stop Hairston er yet dear wife I'm

taking my leave of you it is gentlemen

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with respect

did you would you

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that's why I escaped and now the

problems are really very simple what are

they

nobody likes my paintings nobody buys

them that's not so simple I don't think

so

I always think other people's problems

are simple the clothes on one's own

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you move in are you going to stay in

Paris

well not forever

I don't want to say I'm going to stay

anywhere forever tell you the truth yes

I could afford to go back they would go

back tomorrow and I'll just sometimes

I'll come and see you it'd be better

better for the child better for me

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no harm in looking is he still in Paris

as far as I know you won't be surprised

to hear that he has gone very quiet

since inherited the money two weeks ago

he told me it hadn't arrived I'm not

sure I believe I have to go to various

really soon do you want me to go and

connect your chair for you

mm-hmm see I didn't think they were

suitable for children that's why I love

them away mm-hmm well there's no denying

they are he's praising Li Tim I may as

well take them our usual arrangement

just because you're my brother no you

mustn't feel you have to that's all

right I mean you must have dozens of

them about 30 no well it's a very large

house

yes thank you yes now have a glass of

water

I work thanks Dave like this you must

long for the tropics not only days like

this

man

fuck yourself

Bango

his prices beginning to rise did you

know it's good it'll do him I can see

you learned a lot from him

he taught me a chair could be tragic

I taught him why I don't suppose you'd

like to sell me one of his would you

know I could give you a good price you

can give me a good price on one or

several of my paintings and I could

accept it

alternatively you could go on trying to

get me to part with one of the few

memories I have of my closest friend and

I could kick you down the stairs I'm

sorry I better tell you why I've come

yes why don't you you see huh

she's Japanese and I gave it a friend of

mine thought you might be amused I'm

afraid it was a disaster she's hard even

house-trained no well I thought if you

want to do you might be able to use her

as a model or something you want to top

her off on me naturally in return I

thought you might allow me to exhibit

one or two of you paintings in my

gallery if that interests you you're not

actually going to buy one then No

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it was when the javanese girl arrived

that parents began to be unbearable for

him she smelled of those Hut islands and

made her more than ever homesick for

Tahiti

not the early today oh he's nice he is a

she

I could never resist an exile

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Bulova table I decided to do some work

like yeah you can play with her later

here

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right not very comfortable

no crush your feet that is better

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dolphins

nobody ever said it was a rest cure

because you an appetite doesn't it

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thought perhaps you might like to join

me tonight

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tell me do they have absinthe down there

in Taiji oh god I hate to think of you

living on coconut juice only one thing

I've ever missed this going out for a

drink with a few friends you can't mix

with the colonists they're unspeakable

so I had no one to talk to to say when

you go back how would it be if I came

with you you mean there's nothing for me

in Paris you're wonderful why don't you

all come lots of women through your day

if you like and plenty of drink you

practically give it away

sounds good try and think the ministry

would give me a leave of absence William

I didn't mean you but pack oh I do I

sign what about you sure Dan I know you

get nervous crossing the road well if

you're all going I don't want to be left

out oh you did you know what the best

thing would be is it if there were

several of us then we could really

organize we could really fight back

against the corruption all the French

out there the whole administration every

single one of them has on the take

listen to me let me try and make this

absolutely clear to you because I don't

think you're really concentrating now

imagine you are a provincial policeman

that is to say ignorant and prejudiced

and they put you out to the colonies are

you following

they say Doug don't you think it would

be more profitable to put this in

writing I'm not interested in profitable

now are you following I am listening

when you get there you find that you

have absolute power over people that you

are stupid enough to think are in Ferris

wait a minute and the law says that you

can fine them for a lot of things that

they never thought were wrong and then

if you please then you can keep

one-third of the money that true that

are very heavy ed mr2

expenses don't give me that shit we're

talking about people who are being

bribed by you to commit every crime

their limited intelligence can devise I

can't see what purpose is served by

being offensive just a question of

finding the best way of that was heard

at the beginning afterwards we went on

to the conservatory it was in a

campaigning mood it told the director

but if he hadn't made a decision by the

end of the week about whether or not he

was going to perform your Symphony I'd

come back and stand on his face I really

think it might be better if you let me

deal with these things myself work and I

expect I always will be I'm sure you

will what's the matter with you nothing

we have these things absolutely safe a

lovely letter by Thomas we have

scheduled know be skating this is a

friend of mine from Sweden mr.

Springboro is the writer stay back googa

googa no more letter humble wouldn't

have thought what short of a writer

theatre mostly but I'm afraid Swedish is

the only language she can speak good

thing I'm thinking about conversation

yesterday William I shouldn't you come

to Tahiti

bring the family no I don't think so

pianos owner and clay we sweets are far

enough away from home as it is I'd love

to go

interesting-looking butter you could

speak a civilized language we can invite

him to one of our Thursday discussions

asuka God but we delight you to come

it's arrived what poor old uncle zzs

cash here at last area that's right

isn't it is did uncle's every home

should have one at least only my

grandfather have been as productive as I

this might have been an annual

occurrence

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my uncle died oh no means have been able

to buy some things for Jemaine I love

something for you

does that mean you're going away no I'm

not sure there's enough for them

I think I need customers isn't it better

if I come to you serious complaint from

the concierge best in the afternoon what

about you they were in a cage it'll take

at least an hour then wrap that horse

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merci

yeah do you mean it when you said you

wanted to pose for me

was that me what Dave Ruel means yeah

what makes love

have you been out out where I have one

or two things to do

you're working for me you know I'm here

anta all right get ready you can take

over I thought you were painting me no

it's not the likeness I need I just need

to form there's nothing to get upset

about I'm not upset

you just cheated me that's all don't be

sorry you won't get me to do with that

again this is it like a mother wouldn't

be very pleased if she knew

come in it's open

who is that if I find this who want this

that's right I have come on behalf of

your wife oh yeah perhaps I should

it seems your anger died recently and

left you some money

leading me to reflect that there is a

God after all your wife feels she's

entitled to half the legacy in you of

the children and so on I'm sure she's

right can I afford to give her half of

the legacy that is the question that we

should be asking ourselves and why

should you be able to afford it you said

in your letter you had had a very

successful exhibition critically

successful I said and on the other hand

I understand that she has been able to

sell a large number of my paintings yes

true almost exclusively to me am I not

entitled to have that money I think I

may be

see your way out it was you or - let me

use her half of the legacy to buy back

my paintings I should let you buy back

my paintings with my money no you should

let me buy back my paintings with uncles

easiest money but did she who needs the

money not I am pass besides I have grown

rather attached to your paintings tell

me that that abominable little country

has at last produced a man of taste you

don't care for Denver I can test it well

one of one of the tragedies of my life

is that the majority of my children are

being brought up to be Danish I can't

agree but of course you can't have a

drink no I think I'd better leave now I

have enjoyed our little chat

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least I'll let them FINA some Sulaimon

see the sunshine or not blending - yah

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you're forgiven me make yourself useful

offer the cakes around

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enjoying yourself just go upstairs a

moment

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I can understand why you're going back

yes

if these paintings say anything they say

I have found my home my plan is to start

an artists colony back there with

several of my friends from downstairs

see Julian is coming as our chronicler

that's right it's principally a matter

of finances oh yes

financing normally our Thursday's are

more in the way of an aesthetic

discussion tonight his Exceptionalist

celebration as I've just come into a

little money which you would rather

spend on drink than on boat tickets what

could be more understandable you have a

monkey yes I'm extremely interested in

monkeys I've done a great deal of

research into Darwin's theories and I

think I've been able to establish quite

conclusively that in many respects he

was entirely misguided and I have proved

for example that the gorilla is the

offspring of a shipwrecked sailor and

the common female aid which brings us

back in a way to your painting Thank You

Julian

do you like them

now how can when like what one cannot

understand you see who are these women

civilized woman the kind of woman we

might legitimately idealize is innately

inferior to man I just published a paper

on the subject so how much more inferior

and unworthy of the attention of an

artist must be these savage I should

quite wrong the so-called Savage is

infinitely more civilized than we can

ever be it's a preposterous suggestion

why do we suffer

why do you suffer well what I mean is

here in Europe we suffer all the time

jealousy possession money worry

ambition continual discontent these

people suffer as well of course they do

intensely but for moments moments of

grief pain but like us we spend a whole

lifetime fighting our way blindly

towards all the things that are a

natural part of their existence

acceptance calm trust respect for others

and we never get there because we all of

us have forgotten but they have not

forgot secrets of innocence

in any case Monsieur it's quite clear

that you are a true artist and I know I

shall dream of these made

let some matter with you she's modeling

for me hmm I never want to see you again

Oh wasa the friend of mine you'll want

to submit down again no no that's enough

for today it's time we left Paris I like

Paris soon as I finish this we'll go to

Brittany shall we leave in the spring

then yes yes solutely that only gives us

four or five months to find it money for

the fair and if anyone's in real

difficulty there's still some of uncle

zzs cash left

Viva uncle ZZ Eva uncle zzs cash

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while he was away looking at the things

he had made and the objects he chose to

live with I felt his presence more

strongly than ever before and I missed

him

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let's once a monkey agenda certainly not

I know all about sailors used to be one

it's all wind take no notice

hi how come you're so much bigger than

your brother dirty nigger hey you hit

him yes he's my son

then you should teach him better manners

whoa panko O'Connor backhoe huh yeah

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why did you stop that they be dads

how long are you going to be like this

certain weeks an artisan I'm God

actual color of an object you see it's

almost irrelevant colors have feelings

each one contains its own emotion you

must try to marry the object to the

color which best expresses its essence

you'll find out there all this is much

easier to grasp the clarity you you'll

understand that it is the simplest

shapes and translate the deepest

feelings also it's warmer then you had

better go back to Paris and how am I

supposed to live you live before you met

me didn't you

why do people to tend on others go back

to my studio and she was a painting take

it to a much more larger nobody was your

paintings

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okay he's broken his leg you asked if

you can subdued it down to prevent to

look after him let me go it's out of the

question but I want to go I'd be happy

to look after him it's out of the

question you must tell them Julien it's

serious now they must start making their

arrangement I will have to go as soon as

possible in the new year I understand

did you know how the grow neck was

taking this instead of rent he told me

yes and I said nobody wanted my

paintings she knew nothing I'm told you

know I'm told down here my paintings are

highly valued ones I saw last time I

stayed here and the owners grew tired of

them I understand they found there was

nothing like treated canvas for resoling

their shoes

don't eat the model Christ better than

her up long enough you can tell food

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the day of his return I was ridiculously

happy I ought to have known that is

everyday past he was being frozen out of

France

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I wanted to come do what's happened

Anna moved out took everything with her

all my money everything

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the worst of it is I don't have enough

known to buy my fair was here back to G

et well then I'm glad she's doing tell

me

I found a way to get back

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did you bring some money on the contrary

I was hoping to borrow some inheritance

it was stolen what every penny of it was

stolen from my studio last month

nevertheless it's true so you have come

here to beg hey I just need to get

enough money together to get me back to

JT I should never have come back to

Europe it was a bad mistake there's

nothing for me here

well once I'm there I will never trouble

you again do you expect me to give you

money what about your children's what

about my children where are they when I

knew you were coming I sent them to my

sister's for the day if you have no

money I thought I might make an

arrangement or think of oak's husband

what's his name Brenda's he likes my

only aim I don't want you to that's why

not oh it's good more than he knows what

to do with us

yes sold to him by u'b I told you

have you come back

going back to Gigi come to say goodbye

no don't go

but with me always

think about you every day Cuchillo

father will come and speak to you later

you're upset why couldn't you have left

us alone I will I am going to we're

never going to see me again

I said

a string bag you go girl

I understand it's your birthday well

this is hardly the place to spend it

it's the first time I've had been in

hospital I was quite right to keep you

away for so long I must say you meet a

Muslim philia class of person I'm afraid

I haven't brought you a present

ah contrary I want you to give me a

present

go on I'm holding a sale of my paintings

at Hotel dro to raise money for us to go

to Tahiti

like you to write a note for the catalog

no no why not but I told you before I

can't understand these primitive

abilities I saw your play last month the

father yes it was far more barbaric than

anything in my poor paintings you think

so it showed more clearly than anything

I've seen for years that the ordinary

bourgeois household is deadlier than the

deepest jungle

you should have supplied your hero with

a machete top hats on naked savages

where there are men and Moors especially

women there is destruction why don't you

write me a letter explaining why you

don't want to write a catalogue note and

I'll use it as a catalog don't you know

why I'm here

it's called psoriasis and I close my

hand to write the blood bests out

between my knuckles it's not enough for

artists so suffer mentally as they must

and materially as they do in the end

they suffer physically the very act of

creation

life being what it is one dreams of

revenge least if I get away I can escape

all that no but I salute the attempt I

have to leave hospital next week when

the money runs out I'll write you your

letter thank you

everybody understand it keeps bidding

until each picture gets to 300 francs I

can't afford to sell them for less 200

francs 220 250 280 300 frames 320 400

francs

400 francs 450 450 first time second

time third time at 450 Sol to Reseda God

makes lot is this striking portrait

entitled honor the Javanese anybody

reading 100 francs 100 francs nobody

bidding no bid for this lot anybody very

100 francs

anybody bidding 100 francs for this

portrait nobody bidding 100 francs 100

francs for this slot anybody bidding 100

francs for this slot one 100 francs 100

francs

it's your bid at 100 anybody else 100

francs 100 120 120 francs 120 150 thank

you at 150 180 180 180 200 200 francs

200 fax 200 francs

220 220 250 250 250 280 280 280 300

francs at 300 first time second time

third time 3-under track so to this

gentleman there make slot counting the

ones we bought in the percentage on them

if you'd clear about eighteen hundred

francs god tickets nearly a thousand

there won't be enough over to buy

somewhere to live Oh

HECO Savannah no Connor asked me to tell

you something what they've decided they

don't want to go

so it's just us I don't have any money

look

there's enough here to get the two of us

there we'll have to find a job for a

while when we arrived the conquer

I wanted to I thought I wanted to

I laid there all last night training it

over in my mind frightened

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I'm sorry

you go till the others I'll be along

soon

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welcome you know I do 1,500 francs well

I'm not going to bargain with you all

right you're going back quite right if

you don't mind my saying sir you should

never have returned I mean that's you

that's your personality people think of

you as the man in Tahiti they don't want

to see you here it confuses them I

wanted to propose a deal to you I'm

listening

you send me 200 francs a month I'll send

you everything I do know I'll leave it a

while if you don't mind my mind Oh am I

going to eat don't everything grow in

trees

not since we got there your manage keep

in touch I'll send someone for the

pictures you take them what get them out

of here I don't want to see them again

I'll go carry all three you want them or

don't you

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I don't understand why you want to go

I may as well starve there is anywhere

take me

you wouldn't be happy there I'm not

happy you I'm on this horrible to me

Williamson

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you don't want to completely different

room I could live together have children

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I've always felt like a father to you

how can your father - how and even

father your own children give me a lack

of you here

don't eat his heart once

this is for you

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No

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I never heard from him again myself but

I understand that by the autumn he was

back in Tahiti at last where it seems

that he was very happy for a while

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you