Earl Brunner on fri 20 sep 02
From "The Monument" by Gary Paulsen
(Python is a dog)
"Good morning," he said, then down to Python, "and to you too. How are
you both this morning?"
"We're fine. I want to be an artist." It just popped out and I wished
I hadn't said it because it sounded silly, but he said a strange thing.
"And how could it be any other way?" It was almost exactly the same
thing Fred had said the night before.
"Can you.teach me?"
He shook his head. "No. Not to be an artist. You already are that-I
knew you had the hot worm in you when I first saw you walking up to the
station wagon."
"I didn't think you could see much with your--- from that end."
"Well, then, there's seeing," he smiled, "and there's "seeing", isn't
there? The point is I knew it, and there is nothing I---nor you, for
that matter---can do about it. The fact exists. You are an artist."
"But I don't know anything."
"Ahh, there I can help you."
Earl Brunner
mailto:bruec@anv.net
http://coyote.accessnv.com/bruec
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