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[[strikethrough]] ple [[/strikethrough]] expressing love of animals in art - & left it at that. Now that I am mature & married & in the swing of life, I wonder why I haven't a deep message to give. I think I know why.

[[strikethrough]] I think [[/strikethrough]] I instinctively feel a stable ground in nature, & while I wasn't a Farmer's child or a hunter's guide, I've always somewhat artificially seeked out animals.  I was brought up in Stockbridge & N.Y. - hated N.Y. & loved S. - & loved the country. I also have an unsatisfied urge toward science - through my father, which might have been satisfied through working with him. In other words - I've hung on to animals (through thick & thin) because they were the only contact I've had with