{"id":17402,"date":"2023-06-05T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T20:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=17402"},"modified":"2023-06-05T16:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T20:06:54","slug":"cyclic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/17402","title":{"rendered":"A Cyclic Occurence"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cThe healthiest response to life is joy.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Mark Twain<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If we understand anything about the many strong characteristics of collage as an artistic activity, we surely know that it has significant therapeutic attributes. I came into the studio to shrug off some negative vibes and to create a pair of new miniatures for an upcoming gallery hop at nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/camphomestyle.com\/collections\/art\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>CAMP<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Connie Beale, fellow collage artist and owner of the unique retail space, had just sold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/JADixon_DaybreakSundown.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">two of my paper landscapes<\/a> the previous week, so replacements were in order. I wanted to use a bright palette and appealing fauna as ingredients. Could I bring a bit of delight to my disposition and to anyone who showed up to discuss the result?<\/p>\n<p><em>Mission accomplished! <\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicCrunch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicCrunch.jpg\" title=\"A Cyclic Crunch ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"333\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicCrunch.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicCrunch-300x365.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 428px; margin-bottom: 7px; color: gray; padding-left: 33px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>A Cyclic Crunch<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon<br \/>\n7 x 8.5 inches<br \/>\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicHum.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicHum.jpg\" title=\"A Cyclic Hum ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"333\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicHum.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dixon_ACyclicHum-300x365.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 428px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 33px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>A Cyclic Hum<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon<br \/>\n7 x 8.5 inches<br \/>\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe healthiest response to life is joy.\u201d \u2013 Mark Twain &nbsp; If we understand anything about the many strong characteristics of collage as an artistic activity, we surely know that it has significant therapeutic attributes. I came into the studio to shrug off some negative vibes and to create a pair of new miniatures for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,137,1,250,22,18],"tags":[90,308,557,313,415,418,96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17402"}],"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=17402"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17420,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17402\/revisions\/17420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}