“My memory is filled with events also filled with books that I sometimes find it difficult to remember their authors and barely recall anything from their content, life changes quickly we often wonder about the changing of people and their principles, so accepting strange values also became possible, and this led my memory to remember one of André Maurois stories… The story says”
“A creative artist devotes himself to his art and colors, trying to add some beauty to his community by selling his paintings. Unfortunately, he was very unlucky as no one bought his drawings or attended his exhibitions. He continued like this for a considerable time until he fell into bankruptcy and poverty.”
“In one of the times, one of his few friends, who worked as a journalist, visited him and was saddened by his condition and poverty. He said to him: ‘Listen, all you have to do is pretend that you have invented a new drawing style, called (Psychological Analytical Method). I ask you now to draw paintings with empty meanings, like a beautiful woman surrounded by a handful of banknotes symbolizing a woman’s love for wealth, or a fat and elegant man surrounded by tears and blood as a symbol of the rich in war. Can you do that?”
“_ Definitely.
So, you work on ten paintings and I will write an article about your method (the Psychological Analytical Method) to inform people about your upcoming exhibition… Hahaha”
And so the artist completed many worthless paintings in record time. On the day of the exhibition, a lot of people gathered in Paris to attend its opening, including many art critics and experts. The journalist said to his artist friend: “Don’t worry, whenever someone asks you about ‘Psychological Analytical Method,’ just blow your pipe smoke in his face and say, ‘Have you ever in your life meditate a river?’ They will pretend to understand.” !
The artist followed his friend’s instructions, so whenever journalists or critics gathered around him and asked him about the meaning of his new style ‘Psychological Analytical Method,’, he blew smoke from his pipe in their faces and said: ‘Have you ever in your life meditate a river?’
And so they began to shout in amazement: “This is true ((he is truly a genius)).” All the paintings were sold at a high price, and the exhibition ended with the artist becoming famous everywhere in Paris.
His journalist friend later came to him laughing and said, “Did you see how we tricked those people with your ‘Psychological Analytical Method ؛
_ The artist looked sternly at him and said, “Are you criticizing me and my ‘Psychological Analytical Method!
“The journalist yelled angrily… Did you believe in yourself? It was just a lie.”
“At this moment, the artist looked at him for a long time, then he blew smoke from his pipe in his face and said:
‘Have you ever in your life meditate a river?
