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cira-1970's Greg in the Rocky Mountains-

Kipling spoke of pictures-from memory-

When earth's last picture is painted,

And the tubes are twisted and dryed.

When the truest color has has faded,

And the youngest critic has died.

We shall rest, and faith we shall need it,

Lie down for an aeon or two.

Till the Master of all good workman

Shall put us to work anew.

And those that were good,shall be happy,

And sit on a golden chair.

And paint on a ten league canvas.

With brushes of comet's hair.

We'll have real models to chose from,

Magdalene, Peter and Paul.

We paint for an age at a sitting,

And never be tired at all.

And only the Master shall praise us,

And only the Master shall blame.

And no one shall work for money,

And no one shall work for fame.

But just for the joy of the doing

And each in his separate star,

Shall paint the things as he sees them,

for the God of things as they are.-Ruydard Kipling