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La découverte de cette boîte de peinture éveilla en moi une irrésistible envie de colorier, de faire revivre par le pinceau ce que je voyais.
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The speaker describes discovering the paintbox as the moment a powerful urge to paint arose. “To bring to life with the brush what I saw” suggests that painting became a way to express the visible world in color, making the act feel like giving renewed life to what was before the eyes.
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