and then one afternoon he'd had, he had a show on at marlborough art gallery, a commercial show, andn off school. i had to get permission to go to see the show. and as i was in the show, he walked in with his sister. and i was 16 or 17, you know, and ijust thought, "i've got to talk to him. got to talk to him." and all the flunkies in the gallery were allaround him. and ijust walked up to him and said, "can ijust ask you some questions?" and he gave me i, as i remember it, a lot of his time. and the people from the gallery were almost physically trying to get me away from him and him away from me, and he told them to go away. he said, "i'm talking to the young man. leave me alone." and they alljust disappeared. so it was a big deal, basically. but to meet him and to be treated with respect by him, ifelt, was, was a real... i was very impressed by that and loved him even more after that because he'd been nice to me. did bacon inspire you to start your own painting at that time or drawing? no, iwould never attempt to sort of go down that route, that kind of fine art, old master—style p