{"id":1100,"date":"2013-01-30T01:21:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T05:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2015-07-01T08:21:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T12:21:16","slug":"fortune-collage-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/1100","title":{"rendered":"Fortune Collage Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the rest of the recent experiments from my participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FortuneCollageProject\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune Collage Project<\/a>. Aside from the strict imposition of vintage magazine scrap, which dictates a particular look not in keeping with my typical eclectic mix of ingredients, the primary realization I gained from this exercise is a greater awareness of how much I rely on a series of closing decisions to fine tune my composition. A speed requirement strips nearly all of that phase from my process. It was interesting to observe the distinct difference between spontaneity and deliberate refinement. Each involves a different kind of intuitive response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_LifeWithBobby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_LifeWithBobby.jpg\" title=\"Life with Bobby ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" hspace=\"11\" vspace=\"0\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_LifeWithBobby.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_LifeWithBobby-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 166%; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 88px; margin-bottom: 22px; color: gray; padding-left: 1px;\" align=\"left\"><em>A<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_OverTheWeekend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_OverTheWeekend.jpg\" title=\"Over the Weekend ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" hspace=\"11\" vspace=\"0\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_OverTheWeekend.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_OverTheWeekend-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 166%; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 266px; margin-bottom: 22px; color: gray; padding-left: 1px;\" align=\"left\"><em>B<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_FollowingPresentation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_FollowingPresentation.jpg\" title=\"The Following Presentation ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" hspace=\"11\" vspace=\"0\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_FollowingPresentation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_FollowingPresentation-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 166%; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 266px; margin-bottom: 22px; color: gray; padding-left: 1px;\" align=\"left\"><em>C<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_CrocodileTears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_CrocodileTears.jpg\" title=\"Crocodile Tears ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" hspace=\"11\" vspace=\"0\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_CrocodileTears.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Dixon_CrocodileTears-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 166%; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 266px; margin-bottom: 22px; color: gray; padding-left: 1px;\" align=\"left\"><em>D<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 188%; margin-top: 199px; margin-bottom: 13px; color: gray; padding-left: 81px;\" align=\"left\">\nA\u2014 &nbsp; <strong><em>Life with Bobby<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nB\u2014 &nbsp; <strong><em>Over the Weekend<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nC\u2014 &nbsp; <strong><em>The Following Presentation<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nD\u2014 &nbsp; <strong><em>Crocodile Tears<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 55px; color: gray; padding-left: 81px;\" align=\"left\">collage miniatures by J A Dixon<br \/>\n7.75 x 4.5 inches<br \/>\nFortune Collage Project<br \/>\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the rest of the recent experiments from my participation in the Fortune Collage Project. Aside from the strict imposition of vintage magazine scrap, which dictates a particular look not in keeping with my typical eclectic mix of ingredients, the primary realization I gained from this exercise is a greater awareness of how much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,65,160,52,22,18,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5258,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/5258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}