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III is a blind spot in me. Though I prefer to feel it is artistic license. However I don't need to be too depressed. I have pulled it out of worse moves than this one - & if I hang onto it - I may yet get a good one from it. It is so near being really good- & it has an excitement in it that I feel strongly. "Mademoiselle vous pensez trop" And as for the winter's work - I feel quite definitely that I have done considerable of it- & gained a lot of ground. And when I have finished this lot of pictures- it will be a good winter's work. Also it will have been done in the teeth of quite a few difficulties. And I am learning to finish a canvas- to keep the urge- to not let all the fires go out. And what I like best of all- is that I am finding how to paint- while cooking- sewing- washing- sweeping- entertaining- going out etc. It is not easy- but it can be done. And a woman has got to learn how. Doing it in a one room apartment is a lot easier in some ways- & a lot harder in others. I guess it is "6 of one & 1/2 dozen of the
Transcription Notes:
"Mademoiselle nous pensez trop" - Fr. "miss, you think too much".