CHAPTERII
OFREPENTANCE
Othersformman;Ionlyreporthim:andrepresentaparticularone，illfashionedenough，andwhom，ifIhadtomodelhimanew，Ishouldcertainlymakesomethingelsethanwhatheisbutthat’spastrecalling。
Now，thoughthefeaturesofmypicturealterandchange，’tisnot，however，unlike:theworldeternallyturnsround;allthingsthereinareincessantlymoving，theearth，therocksofCaucasus，andthepyramidsofEgypt，bothbythepublicmotionandtheirown。Evenconstancyitselfisnootherbutaslowerandmorelanguishingmotion。Icannotfixmyobject;’tisalwaystotteringandreelingbyanaturalgiddiness;ItakeitasitisattheinstantIconsiderit;Idonotpaintitsbeing，I
paintitspassage;notapassingfromoneagetoanother，or，asthepeoplesay，fromseventosevenyears，butfromdaytoday，fromminutetominute，Imustaccommodatemyhistorytothehour:Imaypresentlychange，notonlybyfortune，butalsobyintention。’Tisacounterpartofvariousandchangeableaccidents，andofirresoluteimaginations，and，asitfallsout，sometimescontrary:whetheritbethatIamthenanotherself，orthatItakesubjectsbyothercircumstancesandconsiderations: