Маленькие женщины

Artistic Attempts

           Othermodelsfailingherforatime,sheundertooktocastherownprettyfoot,andthefamilywereonedayalarmedbyanunearthlybumpingandscreamingandrunningtotherescue,foundtheyoungenthusiasthoppingwildlyabouttheshedwithherfootheldfastinapanfullofplaster,whichhadhardenedwithunexpectedrapidity.Withmuchdifficultyandsomedangershewasdugout,forJowassoovercomewithlaughterwhilesheexcavatedthatherknifewenttoofar,cutthepoorfoot,andleftalastingmemorialofoneartisticattempt,atleast.

           AfterthisAmysubsided,tillamaniaforsketchingfromnaturesethertohauntingriver,field,andwood,forpicturesquestudies,andsighingforruinstocopy.Shecaughtendlesscoldssittingondampgrasstobook‘adeliciousbit’,composedofastone,astump,onemushroom,andabrokenmulleinstalk,or‘aheavenlymassofclouds’,thatlookedlikeachoicedisplayoffeatherbedswhendone.Shesacrificedhercomplexionfloatingontheriverinthemidsummersuntostudylightandshade,andgotawrinkleoverhernosetryingafter‘pointsofsight’,orwhateverthesquint-and-stringperformanceiscalled.

           If‘geniusiseternalpatience’,asMichelangeloaffirms,Amyhadsomeclaimtothedivineattribute,forsheperseveredinspiteofallobstacles,failures,anddiscouragements,firmlybelievingthatintimesheshoulddosomethingworthytobecalled‘highart’.

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