Plate XCII – Place du Tertre …
Could this be just another day at the office? The social importance to the daily community of the Place du Tertre cannot be misunderstood or underestimated. I have visited this venue a number of times since this first visit, and each time I am amazed at the earnestness of the numerous conversations always underway amongst the artist society (and their visitors – as many do not seem to be ‘at work’). Perhaps amongst them is tomorrow’s van Gogh or Picasso, for you can imagine how the conversations in their time took on a similar depth and heated significance. You’ll see a painter have his say, return to his delicate brush strokes while his protagonist responds and then he’ll reply gesturing as demonstratively as his thoughts demand, before returning to momentarily and calmly continue as before with a few more strokes of his art. It gets me smiling every time. Perhaps these latter day philosophers will not change the world, but then again maybe ……
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