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Message:: [QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4513171, member: 16283"]Bless Hiroshige (he called himself 'The old man mad for drawing'),He said-  “From the age of 6 I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was 50 I had published a universe of designs. But all I have done before the age of 70 is not worth bothering with. At 75 I’ll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am 80 you will see real progress.   At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvellous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign myself ‘The Old Man Mad About Drawing’.”...this man was an artist,nothing more,nothing less. He was of course relatively poor for most of His life.   This is the Vow that many ancient Monks & Artists expected-a life sworn to God,Art and poverty.  -not many youtube /tech sensations then .  To find an original first pull/first block pressing by the Maestro will be difficult,but what gift is not.The easy inherited/accidental treasure is welcome in this material world and much needed to keep flesh on bone.  The earned treasure is much multiplied by research,labor and the epiphany of attaining said goal.    I've inherited and been gifted some very fine things,but the labor & reward of a serious discovery earned via research (whether monetary or not),is in many ways more rewarding than a large check.   I don't suggest we all should start learning to live off air,our mortal plain's damned expensive !    Only saying that we're all Explorers,as we we're when we were kids,and should try to remain til our last breath.[/QUOTE]

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