Its the middle of the afternoon on a sunday and its pouring rain and
thundering outside. Needless to say, it is really crowded in the musee
d’orsay. Still I’m having a pretty spectacular time. I realise I am now
a very big fan of Gauguin. He never did anything for me until I wrote a
paper on him. I used to just think he was a sex crazed, family
adandoning looney. I suppose all those things are true, but I really
appreciate his paintings and carvings now. I suppose I read a lot of
mythology and symbolism in them now that I never saw before.
D’orsay
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