a bad a table no fire no company chloe s is heroic when we sit together of an evening at our table before a bit of bread and a slice of ham he never thinks of the dainties he used to be given he says nothing asks for nothing. again may have been exaggerating somewhat but his situation was undeniably hard. for a while he hopes to earn a living as a ceramicist. his first attempts at stoneware were executed at any place workshop exude a ruggedness in power not yet achieved in his painting. god gave man a little bit of mud with a little bit of modesty make metal and precious stones with