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I I I hooked up with my new friend from from Huangshan Randy Mo He sounds like a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a character from from a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Raymond Chandler story but is is is in in in in in fact a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a dealer in in in in in in oddly shaped minerals and and and and and an an an an an an an an an amateur ink painter I I I had some reservations about this I I I hardly know know him he he he he speaks little English and and and and and there’s always a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a slight fear of o the the the the the the unknown but he he he he he he he he he he seemed really nice and and and and and whatever happened it it would would be be different He arrived in in in in in in an an an an an an an an ancient minibus the the the the the the the the the the the passenger seat appeared not to to to be be attached to to to the the the the the the the the the the the floor and and and and and the the the the the the the the the the the door wouldn’t shut We headed off Randy on on on on on on the the the the the the the the the the the phone and and and and and driving in in in in in in in in in the the the the the the the the the the middle o of of the the the the the the the the the the road or or or on on on on on on on the the the the the the the the the the left the the the the the the the the the the convention in in in in in in in in in China is to to to to to drive on on on on on on on the the the the the the the the the the right Eventually he he he he he he he he he he he he he he pulled up up up at at at at a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lay-by with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a chap selling Kumquats sitting next to to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a huge number of of of of beehives The view was stupendous nice to to to to be be be high up up up up and and looking down down on on on on on the the the the the the the the the pointy madness of of of the the the the landscape I I took my kit down down a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a dirt track away from the the the the lay-by passing groups of of of chatty ladies busy picking the the the the little orange fruits I I I I found a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a good view and and and and and and and and and and got started started Randy had brought his paper and and and and and and and and and and inks and and and and and and and and and and sat cross legged next to to to to me me me and and and and and and and and and and started started too too He He watched me me me a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lot and and and and and and and and and and and and was was very surprised that I I I I chose to to to include buildings and and and and and and and and and and and and roads and and and and and and and and and and and and at at at at at how much time I I I I spent looking at at at at at the landscape He He rarely looked up from his his paper and and and and and and and and and ink ink while he he he he was was working I I I I managed a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a marriage of of of two two forms forms of of of perspective European and and and and and and and and and Chinese and and and and and and and and and two two forms forms of of of landscape with the the built bits anchoring and and and and directing the the wilderness This will make a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a good big painting I I think Guilin/Yangshuo 12th November 2019
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