Bootstraps and all. Also the article says he paints only for himself, which I suppose is also a virtue, especially if the paintings are bad. On 12/5/06, Steven <mcquaryq at comcast.net> wrote: > > Supposed to be a virtue I suppose? > > On Dec 4, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Ya Sam wrote: > > As an artist Vollmann is completely self-taught.