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You saw maybe a man writing a letter. You saw something without beginning or end. Nothing happened. Yet it was a bit of life you saw. You remember it afterward. It is like a picture in your memory. The window is the frame of the picture." YOU SAW MAYBE A MAN WRITING A LETTER YOU SAW SOMETHING WITHOUT BEGINNING OR END NOTHING HAPPENED YET IT WAS A BIT OF LIFE YOU SAW YOU REMEMBER IT AFTERWARD IT IS LIKE A PICTURE IN YOUR MEMORY THE WINDOW IS THE FRAME OF THE PICTURE
gmatically. "In life little girl die or get well. Something happen in life. In picture nothing happen. No, I do not understand pictures." His disappointment was patent. It was his desire to understand all things that white men understand, and here, in this matter, he failed. I felt, also, that there was challenge in his attitude. He was bent upon compelling me to show him the wisdom of pictures. Besides, he had remarkable powers of visualization. I had long since learned this. He visualized everything. He saw life in pictures, felt life in pictures, generalized life in pictures; and yet he did not understand pictures when seen through other men's eyes and expressed by those men with color and line upon canvas. "Pictures are bits of life," I said. "We paint life as we see it. For instance, Charley, you are coming along the trail. It is night. You see a cabin. The window is lighted. You look through the window for one second, or for two seconds, you see something, and you go on your way.  IT IS NOT LIFE HE DELIVERED HIMSELF DOGMATICALLY IN LIFE LITTLE GIRL DIE OR GET WELL SOMETHING HAPPEN IN LIFE IN PICTURE NOTHING HAPPENED NO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND PICTURES HIS DISAPPOINTMENT WAS PATENT IT WAS HIS DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND ALL THINGS THAT WHITE MEN UNDERSTAND AND HERE IN THIS MATTER HE FAILED I FELT ALSO THAT THERE WAS CHALLENGE IN HIS ATTITUDE HE WAS BENT UPON COMPELLING ME TO SHOW HIM THE WISDOM OF PICTURES BESIDES HE HAD REMARKABLE POWERS OF VISUALIZATION I HAD LONG SINCE LEARNED THIS HE VISUALIZED EVERYTHING HE SAW LIFE IN PICTURES FELT LIFE IN PICTURES GENERALIZED LIFE IN PICTURES AND YET HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND PICTURES WHEN SEEN THROUGH OTHER MEN'S EYES AND EXPRESSED BY THOSE MEN WITH COLOR AND LINE UPON CANVAS PICTURES ARE BITS OF LIFE I SAID WE PAINT LIFE AS WE SEE IT FOR INSTANCE CHARLIE YOU ARE COMING ALONG THE TRAIL IT IS NIGHT YOU SEE A CABIN THE WINDOW IS LIGHTED YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW FOR ONE SECOND OR FOR TWO SECONDS YOU SEE SOMETHING AND YOU GO ON YOUR WAY
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