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“in case we ever lose each other always remember this our sign and i will find you again as i go to find my brother' the painter promises”

Painting Coming Of Age Free Verse Cave Paleolithic

Book:The Little Boy and the Painter

Source: The Little Boy and the Painter

“i painted it because i dreamed it because we all dreamed it”

Painting Painter Free Verse Paleolithic Cave Art

Book:The Little Boy and the Painter

Source: The Little Boy and the Painter

“why do you paint in the dark' i ask him and he looks not at me but away 'because i cannot bear my own darkness in the light' he is quiet for some time 'but inwardly i am told where there is paint to be and i paint it there in the dark so none can see myself truly burning in the sun”

Painting Painter Free Verse Paleolithic Cave Art

Book:The Little Boy and the Painter

Source: The Little Boy and the Painter

“finally he speaks 'if you come into my cave, child you will not come out again unchanged' his hands gesture beyond him trying vainly to describe something greater than him 'if you come into this deep cave, down halls few feet have ever trod, you will not be you again you will be another you, a newer you a blinded yet unblinded being, footsteps following the footsteps of those who have painted here before will you come?”

Painting Cave Dramatic Moment Paleolithic

Book:The Little Boy and the Painter

Source: The Little Boy and the Painter