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brushes from domestic pets and children's literature

updated fri 2 apr 10

 

Maggie Furtak on mon 29 mar 10


Did anyone else ever read "Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin"?=3DA0 I lov=
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that book as a kid.=3DA0 His family disapproved of his artistic leanings, =
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he made paint brushes in secret from the fur of the family cat.=3DA0 He ha=
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to admit he'd been painting when the cat got so patchy looking that the fam=
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ily started praying for his health.=3DA0=3D20
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-Maggie
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Pate Ceramics=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A