[Leica] RV: Skies and clouds > George

[Tina Manley]

That's a wonderful story!

Tina

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:50 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> On Oct 6, 2014, at 2:23 AM, Marc Dufour wrote:
>
> >
> > No mastery here, George, just a selection among thousands common
> pictures...
> > Some have to result, time to time; the beauty already was here, just in
> front.
> > Thanks a lot!
>
> The noble, the artist, and the crane:
>
> A rich noble once commissioned a famous artist to paint him a picture of a
> crane.
> The artist agreed, though he set a rather steep price, even for one as
> rich as the noble.
> The artist asked his patron to return in a month.
>
> After a month, the noble returned to the house of the artist.
> The artist told the noble that he required yet more money;
> and another two months.
>
>
> After a another two months the noble returned a second time.
> The artist asked the noble to sit down, and said, “Just a moment, please.”
>
> The artist unrolled a piece of paper, grabbed his brush and paints, and
> before the nobleman’s very eyes,
> completed his painting of the crane. It was undeniably beautiful.
> So lifelike was its pose, so delicate were the brushstrokes!
>
> The noble, rather than being pleased, was furious.
> “How can you expect me to pay so much for something that took you only a
> few minutes to do?”
>
> The artist calmly walked over to a nearby cupboard and opened it.
> Contained within were many dozens – no, hundreds –
> perhaps thousands of less masterfully drawn cranes.
>
> Mastery comes only from endless practice.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
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>
>
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