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It was inspired by the line "...how you'd sigh yourself to sleep, when I'd rake the springtime across your sheets" from the song 'This Tornado Loves You'. but while painting it I didn't know the tune to that part so the line going through my head was "...but morning finds you still warm and breathing". That line ended up influencing the painting as much as the one its based on.

young Matsumoto in Rukongai. The flower on her blanket is a marigold.

painted on half the board from my yellow->orange belt test.

Description
It was inspired by the line "...how you'd sigh yourself to sleep, when I'd rake the springtime across your sheets" from the song 'This Tornado Loves You'. but while painting it I didn't know the tune to that part so the line going through my head was "...but morning finds you still warm and breathing". That line ended up influencing the painting as much as the one its based on.

young Matsumoto in Rukongai. The flower on her blanket is a marigold.

painted on half the board from my yellow->orange belt test.