Being insignificant as a wisp of smoke in the historical winds, art and otherwise, I hope never to have my portrait painted, and indeed I would refuse the sitting. I dislike even posing for family photographs. I do not wish to be remembered at all, save by family and friends, and there only in memory and story and incident (of which there have been some). This likely seems at odds with my professional intentions, which are to convince others that they should pay me to paint their portraits, for posterity . . . and so on.
I like to paint or draw portraits of a person in the moment, but not
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