{"id":21646,"date":"2026-09-07T16:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=21646"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:00:06","slug":"two-artifacts-for-better-or-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/21646","title":{"rendered":"two artifacts, for better or worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c. . . what you have is only a sack of fragments
never to be filled: old bones, fossils,
facts, scraps of writing, sprawls of junk.
You know yourself only poorly and in part,
the best and the worst maybe forgotten.
However you arrange the pieces, however
authentic, a story is what you\u2019ll have,
an artifact, for better or worse.
So go ahead. Gather your findings into
a plausible arrangement. Make a story.
Show how love and joy, beauty and goodness
shine out amongst the rubble.\u201d
\n
\u2013 Wendell Berry<\/strong>, SABBATHS 2006<\/em>
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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left\u2014 Boss of Creation<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/ br>
\nfound-paper collage catharsis by J A Dixon
\n6.625 x 9.25 inches<\/ br>
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\nright\u2014 Seek the Honcho<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/ br>
\nfound-paper collage catharsis by J A Dixon
\n6.625 x 9.25 inches<\/ br>
\n<\/ br>
\n(in memory of W.B. ~ please support The Berry Center<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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