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An artist's letters from Japan (1897)

La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 192

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y painting. For I had proposed to make my studiesserve for the picture of the Ascension ; to use theclouds and the wilderness for my background; and to be,at least for moments, in some relation to what I have torepresent; that is to say, in an atmosphere not inimical,as ours is, to what we call the… … OLD PAGODA NEAR THE PRIESTS HOUSES blend, and man and the outside world pass into each other. August 17. And so, often, I like to think of these trees and rocksand streams, as if from them might be evolved somespiritual essence. Has not Cakyamuni said that all (liv-ing) beings possess the nature of…

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