CHAPTER_NN1 6_CRD 
The_AT0 Trouble_NN1 with_PRP Too_AV0 Much_DT0 Grit_NN1 
THE_AT0 BOY_NN1 'S_POS MOTHER_NN1 APPRECIATED_VVN music_NN1 and_CJC art_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC when_CJS the_AT0 boy_NN1 tried_VVD to_TO0 freehand_AV0 sketch_VVI the_AT0 family_NN1 cat_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP proved_VVD such_DT0 a_AT0 deficient_AJ0 draftsman_NN1 that_CJT he_PNP destroyed_VVD the_AT0 picture_NN1 and_CJC refused_VVD to_TO0 try_VVI again_AV0 ._SENT Instead_AV0 ,_PUN he_PNP spent_VVD his_DPS childhood_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Netherlands_NP0 playing_AJ0 marbles_NN2 or_CJC sledding_VVG with_PRP his_DPS little_AJ0 brother_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC mostly_AV0 just_AV0 looking_VVG at_PRP things_NN2 ._SENT A_AT0 prominent_AJ0 parenting_NN1 handbook_NN1 advised_VVN against_PRP unsupervised_AJ0 wanderings_NN2 that_CJT might_VM0 "_PUQ intoxicate_VVI "_PUQ a_AT0 child_NN1 's_POS imagination_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP wandered_VVD alone_AV0 for_PRP hours_NN2 ._SENT He_PNP walked_VVD in_PRP storms_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC at_PRP night_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP walked_VVD for_PRP miles_NN2 just_AV0 to_TO0 sit_VVI for_PRP hours_NN2 watching_VVG a_AT0 bird_NN1 's_POS nest_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC following_AJ0 water_NN1 bugs_NN2 on_PRP their_DPS commutes_VVZ across_PRP a_AT0 brook_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD especially_AV0 obsessed_AJ0 with_PRP collecting_VVG beetles_NN2 ,_PUN labeling_VVG each_DT0 one_PNI with_PRP its_DPS proper_AJ0 Latin_AJ0 species_NN0 name_NN1 ._SENT 
When_CJS he_PNP was_VBD thirteen_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 boy_NN1 was_VBD admitted_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 brand-new_AJ0 school_NN1 housed_VVN in_PRP a_AT0 hulking_AJ0 former_DT0 royal_AJ0 palace_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD so_AV0 far_AV0 from_PRP his_DPS home_NN1 that_CJT he_PNP had_VHD to_TO0 board_VVI with_PRP a_AT0 local_AJ0 family_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS mind_NN1 was_VBD elsewhere_AV0 during_PRP class_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 good_AJ0 student_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC spent_VVD his_DPS free_AJ0 time_NN1 memorizing_VVG poetry_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 art_NN1 teacher_NN1 was_VBD the_AT0 faculty_NN1 celebrity_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 education_NN1 pioneer_NN1 who_PNQ argued_VVD for_PRP design_NN1 to_TO0 become_VVI a_AT0 central_AJ0 part_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 national_AJ0 economic_AJ0 engine_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 crusade_NN1 was_VBD so_AV0 successful_AJ0 it_PNP led_VVD the_AT0 federal_AJ0 government_NN1 to_TO0 mandate_VVI freehand_AJ0 drawing_NN1 classes_NN2 in_PRP every_AT0 public_AJ0 school_NN1 ._SENT Rather_AV0 than_CJS holding_VVG forth_AV0 from_PRP the_AT0 front_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 class_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 teacher_NN1 arranged_VVN students_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 center_NN1 and_CJC meandered_VVD through_PRP them_PNP like_PRP a_AT0 sewing_NN1 needle_NN1 ,_PUN giving_VVG personal_AJ0 attention_NN1 ._SENT Most_DT0 students_NN2 adored_VVD him_PNP ._SENT But_CJC he_PNP made_VVD no_AT0 impression_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 boy_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS an_AT0 adult_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 boy_NN1 would_VM0 complain_VVI that_CJT nobody_PNI had_VHD ever_AV0 told_VVN him_PNP what_DTQ perspective_NN1 was_VBD in_PRP drawing_NN1 ,_PUN even_AV0 though_CJS it_PNP was_VBD so_AV0 central_AJ0 to_PRP the_AT0 teacher_NN1 's_POS tenets_NN2 that_DT0 knowledge_NN1 of_PRF perspective_NN1 was_VBD written_VVN into_PRP the_AT0 new_AJ0 law_NN1 expanding_VVG art_NN1 education_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 boy_NN1 did_VDD n't_XX0 like_VVI living_VVG with_PRP strangers_NN2 ,_PUN so_CJS he_PNP left_VVD the_AT0 school_NN1 just_AV0 before_CJS he_PNP turned_VVD fifteen_CRD ._SENT For_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD sixteen_CRD months_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP did_VDD little_AV0 other_AJ0 than_CJS take_VVB long_AJ0 nature_NN1 walks_NN2 ._SENT That_DT0 could_VM0 not_XX0 go_VVI on_AVP forever_AV0 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP had_VHD no_AT0 idea_NN1 what_DTQ else_AV0 to_TO0 do_VDI ._SENT Fortunately_AV0 ,_PUN his_DPS uncle_NN1 owned_VVD a_AT0 fantastically_AV0 successful_AJ0 art_NN1 dealership_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC had_VHD just_AV0 been_VBN knighted_VVN ._SENT He_PNP offered_VVD his_DPS nephew_NN1 a_AT0 job_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 big_AJ0 city_NN1 ._SENT Making_VVG art_NN1 had_VHD not_XX0 inspired_VVN the_AT0 boy_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC selling_VVG it_PNP did_VDD ._SENT He_PNP turned_VVD the_AT0 observational_AJ0 intensity_NN1 he_PNP had_VHD practiced_VVN in_PRP nature_NN1 to_PRP lithographs_NN2 and_CJC photographs_NN2 ,_PUN categorizing_VVG what_DTQ he_PNP saw_VVD just_AV0 as_CJS he_PNP had_VHD his_DPS beetles_NN2 ._SENT By_PRP twenty_CRD ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD dealing_VVG with_PRP important_AJ0 clients_NN2 and_CJC traveling_VVG abroad_AV0 for_PRP sales_NN0 trips_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 confidently_AV0 told_VVD his_DPS parents_NN2 that_CJT he_PNP would_VM0 never_AV0 have_VHI to_TO0 look_VVI for_PRP a_AT0 job_NN1 again_AV0 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD wrong_AJ0 ._SENT 
He_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 country_NN1 boy_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 city_NN1 ,_PUN without_PRP enough_DT0 social_AJ0 grace_NN1 to_TO0 smooth_VVI over_AVP disagreements_NN2 with_PRP his_DPS boss_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP disliked_VVD bargaining_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ felt_VVD like_PRP trying_VVG to_TO0 take_VVI advantage_NN1 of_PRF customers_NN2 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD soon_AV0 transferred_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 London_NP0 office_NN1 that_CJT did_VDD not_XX0 deal_VVI directly_AV0 with_PRP customers_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 at_PRP twenty-two_CRD he_PNP was_VBD transferred_VVN again_AV0 ,_PUN this_DT0 time_NN1 to_PRP Paris_NP0 ._SENT He_PNP arrived_VVD in_PRP France_NP0 amid_PRP an_AT0 artistic_AJ0 revolution_NN1 ._SENT On_PRP walks_NN2 to_TO0 work_VVI ,_PUN the_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 passed_VVD the_AT0 studios_NN2 of_PRF artists_NN2 who_PNQ were_VBD in_PRP the_AT0 process_NN1 of_PRF becoming_VVG famous_AJ0 ._SENT And_CJC yet_AV0 ,_PUN as_CJS with_PRP the_AT0 art_NN1 teacher_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS a_AT0 pair_NN0 of_PRF his_DPS future_AJ0 biographers_NN2 would_VM0 write_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ None_PNI of_PRF it_PNP registered_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP was_VBD too_AV0 busy_AJ0 with_PRP a_AT0 new_AJ0 obsession_NN1 :_PUN religion_NN1 ._SENT Years_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN when_CJS he_PNP and_CJC his_DPS little_AJ0 brother_NN1 discussed_VVD those_DT0 revolutionary_AJ0 artists_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP would_VM0 say_VVI he_PNP had_VHD "_PUQ seen_VVN absolutely_AV0 nothing_PNI of_PRF them_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ 
When_CJS he_PNP was_VBD finally_AV0 dismissed_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 dealership_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP went_VVD to_TO0 work_VVI as_PRP an_AT0 assistant_AJ0 teacher_NN1 at_PRP a_AT0 boarding_NN1 school_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 seaside_NN1 town_NN1 in_PRP England_NP0 ._SENT Working_VVG fourteen-hour_AJ0 days_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP taught_VVD classes_NN2 from_PRP French_NN1 to_PRP math_NN1 ,_PUN oversaw_VVB the_AT0 dorm_NN1 ,_PUN took_VVD the_AT0 kids_NN2 to_PRP church_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC acted_VVD as_PRP the_AT0 handyman_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 school_NN1 was_VBD simply_AV0 a_AT0 business_NN1 venture_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 owner_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 was_VBD cheap_AJ0 labor_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP found_VVD another_DT0 job_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 tutor_NN1 ,_PUN this_DT0 time_NN1 at_PRP a_AT0 fancier_AJC boarding_NN1 school_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC after_PRP a_AT0 few_DT0 months_NN2 he_PNP decided_VVD he_PNP would_VM0 become_VVI a_AT0 missionary_NN1 in_PRP South_NP0 America_NP0 ._SENT His_DPS parents_NN2 talked_VVD him_PNP out_AVP of_PRF that_DT0 ,_PUN insisting_VVG that_CJT he_PNP needed_VVD to_TO0 "_PUQ stop_VVI following_AJ0 [_PUL his_PNP ]_PUR own_DT0 desires_NN2 "_PUQ and_CJC return_VVB to_PRP a_AT0 stable_AJ0 life_NN1 course_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS mother_NN1 wished_VVD he_PNP would_VM0 do_VDI something_PNI in_PRP nature_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 make_VVI him_PNP "_PUQ happier_AJC and_CJC calmer_AJC ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP decided_VVD to_TO0 follow_VVI in_PRP his_DPS father_NN1 's_POS footsteps_NN2 ;_PUN he_PNP would_VM0 train_VVI to_TO0 become_VVI a_AT0 full-fledged_AJ0 pastor_NN1 ._SENT 
In_PRP the_AT0 meantime_NN1 ,_PUN his_DPS father_NN1 arranged_VVD a_AT0 job_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 bookstore_NN1 clerk_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 loved_VVD books_NN2 and_CJC worked_VVD from_PRP 8_CRD a.m._AV0 until_PRP midnight_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS the_AT0 store_NN1 flooded_VVD ,_PUN he_PNP astounded_VVD his_DPS colleagues_NN2 with_PRP his_DPS sheer_AJ0 physical_AJ0 endurance_NN1 as_CJS he_PNP carried_VVD pile_NN1 after_PRP pile_NN1 of_PRF books_NN2 to_PRP safety_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS new_AJ0 goal_NN1 was_VBD to_TO0 get_VVI accepted_VVN to_PRP a_AT0 university_NN1 so_AV0 that_CJT he_PNP could_VM0 later_AV0 train_VVI as_PRP a_AT0 pastor_NN1 ._SENT Again_AV0 ,_PUN he_PNP unleashed_VVD his_DPS tireless_AJ0 passion_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP worked_VVD with_PRP a_AT0 tutor_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC copied_VVN by_PRP hand_NN1 the_AT0 text_NN1 of_PRF entire_AJ0 books_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP must_VM0 sit_VVI up_AVP as_CJS long_AV0 as_CJS I_PNP can_VM0 keep_VVI my_DPS eyes_NN2 open_VVB ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP told_VVD his_DPS brother_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP reminded_VVD himself_PNX that_CJT "_PUQ practice_NN1 makes_VVZ perfect_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ but_CJC Latin_AJ0 and_CJC Greek_AJ0 did_VDD not_XX0 come_VVI easily_AV0 to_PRP him_PNP ._SENT He_PNP moved_VVD in_AVP with_PRP an_AT0 uncle_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 stern_AJ0 war_NN1 hero_NN1 who_PNQ urged_VVD him_PNP simply_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ push_VVB on_AVP ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 resolved_VVN to_TO0 begin_VVI work_NN1 before_PRP his_DPS peers_NN2 rose_VVD and_CJC finish_VVB after_CJS they_PNP slept_VVD ._SENT His_DPS uncle_NN1 would_VM0 find_VVI him_PNP reading_VVG in_PRP the_AT0 wee_AJ0 morning_NN1 hours_NN2 ._SENT 
And_CJC still_AV0 ,_PUN he_PNP floundered_VVD in_PRP his_DPS studies_NN2 ._SENT Nearing_VVG his_DPS twenty-fifth_ORD birthday_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 heard_VVD a_AT0 sermon_NN1 about_PRP how_AVQ the_AT0 economic_AJ0 revolution_NN1 had_VHD made_VVN certain_AJ0 citizens_NN2 ,_PUN like_PRP his_DPS art-dealer_AJ0 uncle_NN1 ,_PUN fabulously_AV0 wealthy_AJ0 ,_PUN while_CJS others_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN thrust_VVN into_PRP abject_AJ0 poverty_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP decided_VVD to_TO0 forsake_VVI university_NN1 to_TO0 spread_VVI the_AT0 Word_NN1 more_AV0 quickly_AV0 ._SENT He_PNP opted_VVD for_PRP a_AT0 shorter_AJC educational_AJ0 course_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC was_VBD not_XX0 adept_AJ0 at_PRP giving_VVG the_AT0 succinct_AJ0 ,_PUN punchy_AJ0 sermons_NN2 that_CJT the_AT0 school_NN1 mandated_VVN ._SENT He_PNP failed_VVD in_PRP that_DT0 program_NN1 as_CJS well_AV0 ._SENT But_CJC nobody_PNI could_VM0 stop_VVI him_PNP from_PRP preaching_VVG ,_PUN so_CJS he_PNP headed_VVD for_PRP coal_NN1 country_NN1 ,_PUN where_AVQ inspiration_NN1 was_VBD needed_VVN most_AV0 ._SENT 
When_CJS the_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 arrived_VVD and_CJC saw_VVD the_AT0 blackened_AJ0 sky_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP likened_VVD it_PNP to_PRP the_AT0 shading_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 Rembrandt_NP0 ._SENT There_AV0 he_PNP would_VM0 preach_VVI to_PRP workers_NN2 so_AV0 downtrodden_AJ0 that_CJT they_PNP referred_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 above_PRP the_AT0 mineshaft_NN1 as_CJS "_PUQ up_AVP in_PRP Hell_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP dove_VVD in_AVP to_PRP spiritual_AJ0 service_NN1 with_PRP his_DPS usual_AJ0 verve_NN1 ,_PUN giving_VVG away_AV0 his_DPS clothes_NN2 and_CJC money_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC doting_AJ0 night_NN1 and_CJC day_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 ill_AJ0 and_CJC injured_AJ0 ._SENT They_PNP were_VBD legion_AJ0 ._SENT 
Shortly_AV0 after_CJS he_PNP arrived_VVD ,_PUN a_AT0 series_NN0 of_PRF explosions_NN2 killed_VVN 121_CRD miners_NN2 and_CJC sent_VVD gas_NN1 streaming_VVG out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 ground_NN1 ,_PUN fueling_VVG a_AT0 pillar_NN1 of_PRF fire_NN1 like_PRP some_DT0 monstrous_AJ0 Bunsen_NN1 burner_NN1 nestled_VVD below_PRP the_AT0 earth_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 suffering_NN1 locals_NN2 marveled_AJ0 at_PRP the_AT0 young_AJ0 man_NN1 's_POS endurance_NN1 as_CJS he_PNP tried_VVD to_TO0 soothe_VVI families_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC they_PNP also_AV0 found_VVD him_PNP odd_AJ0 ;_PUN the_AT0 children_NN2 he_PNP taught_VVD did_VDD not_XX0 listen_VVI ._SENT Soon_AV0 ,_PUN his_DPS makeshift_AJ0 ministry_NN1 was_VBD finished_VVN ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD twenty-seven_CRD ,_PUN and_CJC despondent_AJ0 ._SENT A_AT0 decade_NN1 after_PRP an_AT0 exuberant_AJ0 start_NN1 as_PRP an_AT0 art_NN1 dealer_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP had_VHD no_AT0 possessions_NN2 ,_PUN accomplishments_NN2 ,_PUN or_CJC direction_NN1 ._SENT 
He_PNP poured_VVD his_DPS heart_NN1 out_AVP in_PRP a_AT0 missive_NN1 to_PRP his_DPS little_AJ0 brother_NN1 ,_PUN now_AV0 a_AT0 respected_AJ0 art_NN1 dealer_NN1 himself_PNX ._SENT He_PNP likened_VVD himself_PNX to_PRP a_AT0 caged_AJ0 bird_NN1 in_PRP spring_NN1 who_PNQ feels_VVZ deeply_AV0 that_CJT it_PNP is_VBZ time_NN1 for_PRP him_PNP to_TO0 do_VDI something_PNI important_AJ0 but_CJC cannot_AJ0 recall_NN1 what_DTQ it_PNP is_VBZ ,_PUN and_CJC so_AV0 "_PUQ bangs_VVZ his_DPS head_NN1 against_PRP the_AT0 bars_NN2 of_PRF his_DPS cage_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC then_AV0 the_AT0 cage_NN1 stays_VVZ there_AV0 and_CJC the_AT0 bird_NN1 is_VBZ mad_AJ0 with_PRP suffering_VVG ._SENT "_PUQ A_AT0 man_NN1 ,_PUN too_AV0 ,_PUN he_PNP exhorted_VVD ,_PUN "_PUQ does_VDZ n't_XX0 always_AV0 know_VVI himself_PNX what_DTQ he_PNP could_VM0 do_VDI ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP feels_VVZ by_PRP instinct_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP 'm_VBB good_AJ0 for_PRP something_PNI ,_PUN even_AV0 so_AV0 !_SENT ._SENT ._SENT ._SENT I_PNP know_VVB that_CJT I_PNP could_VM0 be_VBI a_AT0 quite_AV0 different_AJ0 man_NN1 !_SENT ._SENT ._SENT ._SENT There_EX0 's_VBZ something_PNI within_PRP me_PNP ,_PUN so_AV0 what_DTQ is_VBZ it_PNP !_SENT "_PUQ He_PNP had_VHD been_VBN a_AT0 student_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 art_NN1 dealer_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 teacher_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 bookseller_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 prospective_AJ0 pastor_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC an_AT0 itinerant_AJ0 catechist_NN1 ._SENT After_PRP promising_AJ0 starts_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP had_VHD failed_VVN spectacularly_AV0 in_PRP every_AT0 path_NN1 he_PNP tried_VVD ._SENT 
His_DPS brothers_NN2 suggested_VVD he_PNP try_VVI carpentry_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC look_VVB for_PRP work_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 barber_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS sister_NN1 thought_VVD he_PNP would_VM0 make_VVI a_AT0 fine_AJ0 baker_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD an_AT0 insatiable_AJ0 reader_NN1 ,_PUN so_AV0 perhaps_AV0 a_AT0 librarian_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC in_PRP the_AT0 depths_NN2 of_PRF his_DPS despair_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP turned_VVD his_DPS ferocious_AJ0 energy_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 last_ORD thing_NN1 he_PNP could_VM0 think_VVI of_PRF that_DT0 he_PNP could_VM0 start_VVI right_AV0 away_AV0 ._SENT His_DPS next_ORD letter_NN1 to_PRP his_DPS brother_NN1 was_VBD very_AV0 short_AJ0 :_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP 'm_VBB writing_VVG to_PRP you_PNP while_CJS drawing_VVG and_CJC I_PNP 'm_VBB in_PRP a_AT0 hurry_NN1 to_TO0 get_VVI back_AVP to_PRP it_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ Previously_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 man_NN1 had_VHD seen_VVN drawing_VVG as_PRP a_AT0 distraction_NN1 from_PRP his_DPS aim_NN1 of_PRF reaching_VVG people_NN0 with_PRP truth_NN1 ._SENT Now_AV0 he_PNP began_VVD to_TO0 seek_VVI truth_NN1 by_PRP documenting_VVG the_AT0 lives_NN2 around_PRP him_PNP in_PRP drawings_NN2 ._SENT He_PNP had_VHD stopped_VVN drawing_VVG freehand_AV0 as_PRP a_AT0 child_NN1 when_CJS he_PNP realized_VVD he_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 clumsy_AJ0 draftsman_NN1 ,_PUN so_CJS he_PNP started_VVD at_PRP the_AT0 very_AJ0 beginning_NN1 ,_PUN reading_VVG Guide_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 ABCs_NN2 of_PRF Drawing_NN1 ._SENT 
In_PRP the_AT0 coming_AJ0 years_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP would_VM0 make_VVI a_AT0 few_DT0 very_AV0 brief_AJ0 attempts_NN2 at_PRP formal_AJ0 training_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS cousin-in-law_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 painter_NN1 and_CJC tried_VVD to_TO0 teach_VVI him_PNP watercolor_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 cousin_NN1 would_VM0 later_AV0 be_VBI listed_VVN on_PRP the_AT0 man_NN1 's_POS Wikipedia_NP0 page_NN1 as_PRP the_AT0 sole_AJ0 entry_NN1 beside_PRP "_PUQ Education_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ In_PRP truth_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 man_NN1 struggled_VVD with_PRP the_AT0 fragile_AJ0 touch_NN1 required_VVN for_PRP watercolor_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 mentor_NN1 /_PUN mentee_NN1 relationship_NN1 ended_VVN after_PRP a_AT0 month_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS former_DT0 art-dealer_AJ0 boss_NN1 ,_PUN now_AV0 an_AT0 esteemed_AJ0 tastemaker_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 art_NN1 world_NN1 ,_PUN pronounced_VVD his_DPS drawings_NN2 unworthy_AJ0 of_PRF being_VBG displayed_VVN for_PRP sale_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Of_PRF one_CRD thing_NN1 I_PNP am_VBB sure_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ the_AT0 boss_NN1 told_VVD him_PNP ,_PUN "_PUQ you_PNP are_VBB no_AT0 artist_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP added_VVD flatly_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ You_PNP started_VVD too_AV0 late_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
When_CJS he_PNP was_VBD nearly_AV0 thirty-three_CRD ,_PUN he_PNP enrolled_VVD in_PRP art_NN1 school_NN1 alongside_PRP students_NN2 a_AT0 decade_NN1 younger_AJC ,_PUN but_CJC lasted_VVD only_AV0 a_AT0 few_DT0 weeks_NN2 ._SENT He_PNP entered_VVD the_AT0 class_NN1 drawing_NN1 competition_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 judges_NN2 harshly_AV0 suggested_VVD he_PNP revert_VVI to_PRP a_AT0 beginner_NN1 's_POS class_NN1 with_PRP ten-year-olds_NN2 ._SENT 
As_CJS he_PNP had_VHD between_PRP careers_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP pinballed_VVD from_PRP one_CRD artistic_AJ0 passion_NN1 to_PRP another_DT0 ._SENT On_PRP one_CRD day_NN1 he_PNP felt_VVD true_AJ0 artists_NN2 only_AV0 painted_VVN realistic_AJ0 figures_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 when_CJS his_DPS figures_NN2 came_VVD out_AVP poorly_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 next_ORD day_NN1 true_AJ0 artists_NN2 only_AV0 cared_VVN for_PRP landscapes_NN2 ._SENT One_CRD day_NN1 he_PNP strived_VVD for_PRP realism_NN1 ,_PUN another_DT0 for_PRP pure_AJ0 expression_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 week_NN1 art_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 medium_NN1 for_PRP declaring_VVG religious_AJ0 devotion_NN1 ,_PUN next_ORD week_NN1 such_DT0 concerns_NN2 encumbered_VVN pure_AJ0 creation_NN1 ._SENT One_CRD year_NN1 he_PNP decided_VVD all_DT0 true_AJ0 art_NN1 consisted_VVD only_AV0 of_PRF shades_NN2 of_PRF black_AJ0 and_CJC gray_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 later_AV0 that_CJT vibrant_AJ0 color_NN1 was_VBD the_AT0 real_AJ0 pearl_NN1 inside_PRP the_AT0 artist_NN1 's_POS shell_NN1 ._SENT Each_DT0 time_NN1 he_PNP fell_VVD fully_AV0 in_PRP love_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 just_AV0 as_CJS fully_AV0 and_CJC quickly_AV0 back_AVP out_AVP ._SENT 
One_CRD day_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP dragged_VVD an_AT0 easel_NN1 and_CJC oil_NN1 paints_NN2 —_PUN with_PRP which_DTQ he_PNP had_VHD almost_AV0 no_AT0 experience_NN1 —_PUN out_AVP to_PRP a_AT0 sand_NN1 dune_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 storm_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP ran_VVD in_AVP and_CJC out_AVP of_PRF cover_NN1 ,_PUN slapping_VVG and_CJC slathering_VVG paint_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 canvas_NN1 in_PRP staccato_NN1 strokes_NN2 between_PRP gusts_NN2 of_PRF wind_NN1 that_CJT peppered_VVD the_AT0 painting_NN1 with_PRP grains_NN2 of_PRF sand_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP squeezed_VVD color_NN1 right_AV0 from_PRP the_AT0 tube_NN1 onto_PRP the_AT0 canvas_NN1 when_CJS he_PNP had_VHD to_TO0 ._SENT The_AT0 viscous_AJ0 oil_NN1 paint_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 speed_NN1 required_VVN to_TO0 apply_VVI it_PNP in_PRP the_AT0 storm_NN1 freed_VVD his_DPS imagination_NN1 and_CJC his_DPS hand_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 crippling_AJ0 deficiencies_NN2 that_CJT plagued_VVD him_PNP when_CJS he_PNP strove_VVD for_PRP perfect_AJ0 realism_NN1 ._SENT More_AV0 than_CJS a_AT0 century_NN1 later_AV0 ,_PUN his_DPS definitive_AJ0 biographers_NN2 would_VM0 write_VVI of_PRF that_DT0 day_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ [_PUL He_PNP ]_PUR made_VVD an_AT0 astonishing_AJ0 discovery_NN1 :_PUN he_PNP could_VM0 paint_VVI ._SENT "_PUQ And_CJC he_PNP felt_VVD it_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP enjoy_VVB it_PNP tremendously_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP wrote_VVD his_DPS brother_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Painting_NN1 has_VHZ proved_VVN less_AV0 difficult_AJ0 than_CJS I_PNP expected_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ 
He_PNP continued_VVD to_PRP whipsaw_NN1 from_PRP one_CRD artistic_AJ0 experiment_NN1 to_PRP another_DT0 ,_PUN avowing_VVG and_CJC disavowing_VVG ,_PUN roundly_AV0 condemning_VVG the_AT0 attempt_NN1 to_TO0 capture_VVI sunlight_NN1 in_PRP paint_NN1 only_AV0 to_TO0 reverse_VVI course_NN1 and_CJC place_VVB his_DPS canvas_NN1 outside_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 sunlight_NN1 to_TO0 do_VDI just_AV0 that_DT0 ._SENT He_PNP obsessed_VVD over_PRP deeper_AJC and_CJC darker_AJC blacks_NN2 in_PRP colorless_AJ0 works_NN0 ,_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 dispensed_VVN with_PRP that_DT0 in_PRP an_AT0 instant_NN1 and_CJC forever_AV0 in_PRP favor_NN1 of_PRF vibrant_AJ0 color_NN1 ,_PUN his_DPS about-face_NN1 so_AV0 thorough_AJ0 that_CJT he_PNP would_VM0 not_XX0 even_AV0 use_VVI black_AJ0 to_TO0 depict_VVI the_AT0 night_NN1 sky_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP started_VVD piano_NN1 lessons_NN2 because_CJS he_PNP thought_VVD musical_AJ0 tones_NN2 might_VM0 teach_VVI him_PNP something_PNI about_PRP color_NN1 tones_NN2 ._SENT 
His_DPS peregrinations_NN2 continued_VVD for_PRP the_AT0 few_DT0 remaining_AJ0 years_NN2 of_PRF his_DPS short_AJ0 life_NN1 ,_PUN both_AV0 geographically_AV0 and_CJC artistically_AV0 ._SENT He_PNP finally_AV0 forsook_VVB the_AT0 goal_NN1 of_PRF ever_AV0 becoming_VVG a_AT0 master_NN1 draftsman_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC then_AV0 one_PNI by_PRP one_PNI left_VVN behind_PRP all_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 styles_NN2 that_CJT he_PNP had_VHD previously_AV0 claimed_VVN to_TO0 be_VBI critical_AJ0 ,_PUN but_CJC at_PRP which_DTQ he_PNP had_VHD failed_VVN ._SENT He_PNP emerged_VVD with_PRP a_AT0 new_AJ0 art_NN1 :_PUN impetuous_AJ0 ,_PUN slathered_VVN with_PRP paint_NN1 ,_PUN erupting_VVG with_PRP color_NN1 ,_PUN laden_VVN with_PRP no_AT0 formality_NN1 other_AJ0 than_CJS to_TO0 capture_VVI something_PNI infinite_AJ0 ._SENT He_PNP wanted_VVD to_TO0 make_VVI art_NN1 that_CJT anyone_PNI could_VM0 understand_VVI ,_PUN not_XX0 haughty_AJ0 works_NN0 for_PRP those_DT0 with_PRP privileged_AJ0 training_NN1 ._SENT 
