on windswept landscape
trees hold tight to memories
long forgotten dreams
© Karen
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Tom Thomson was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as being a member of the group itself. Thomson died under mysterious circumstances, which added to his mystique. He disappeared during a canoeing trip in Algonquin Park on July 8, 1917 and his body was discovered in the lake eight days later. The official cause of death was accidental drowning, but he was found with fishing line wrapped around his leg and he had a head injury There are still questions about how he actually died.
