After a difficult six months, during which Brassefort began and abandoned 3 paintings, he returned to the inspiration of the dancing instructional manual, with a difference. "I wanted to revisit the rhythms of 'Foxtrot #1' in a somber fashion, reflecting the difficulties my generation was facing as youth who had never known the Great War were now driving the popular culture." That explains the somber tone of reflection, as well as the fact that he had been given a set of brown paints by a friend who was moving and didn't want to pack them up.