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Students often hide their most remarkable work because it is too vulnerable, too close to the bone.

From Alexander's teaching experience: the work students are most reluctant to show is often the best, because it is too personal and artless.

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Alexander repeatedly observed that students kept back their most remarkable work during critiques because it felt too vulnerable, insignificant, or embarrassing.
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Empirical pattern from Alexander's teaching career: the best student work was consistently the work they were most reluctant to show.

Claims (1)

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Gauguin himself was slightly ashamed of the cow picture, just as students are sometimes ashamed of their greatest works because they are too naive, too direct.
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Speculative claim that Gauguin felt the same vulnerability about Vache Accroupie that Alexander's students felt about their best work.

Artifacts (1)

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Veronica's Blue Chair Painting
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A simple gouache sketch on torn paper of a pale sky-blue chair against an ocher-yellow background; nearly heart-stopping quality that the student was initially ashamed to show.

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