{"id":2598,"date":"2013-10-20T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2013-10-20T01:08:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T05:08:47","slug":"experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/2598","title":{"rendered":"Never stop scratching"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cThe true method of knowledge is experiment.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 William Blake<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Conducting intuitive experiments with eventual disclosure in mind may defeat their purpose at some level, but it can be beneficial at times to share the creative process that leads to new works. Nevertheless, the primary purpose of experimentation is to remove oneself from the context of producing something to be held up for evaluation by others. To investigate. To explore. To defy one\u2019s own expectations.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitledshards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitledshards.jpg\" title=\"Untitled (shards) ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitledshards.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitledshards-300x486.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 333px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Untitled (shards)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage experiment by J A Dixon<br \/>\n4.5 x 7.5 inches, not for sale<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_suiteShoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_suiteShoes.jpg\" title=\"suite)Shoes ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"225\" height=\"229\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_suiteShoes.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_suiteShoes-300x305.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 294px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>suite)Shoes<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage experiment by J A Dixon<br \/>\n3.25 x 3.25 inches, not for sale<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitled-la-vie-moderne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitled-la-vie-moderne.jpg\" title=\"Untitled (la vie moderne) ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitled-la-vie-moderne.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_Untitled-la-vie-moderne-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 252px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Untitled (la vie moderne)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage experiment by J A Dixon<br \/>\n5 x 3.625 inches, not for sale<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_NewNumberTwo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_NewNumberTwo.jpg\" title=\"The New Number Two ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"260\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_NewNumberTwo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_NewNumberTwo-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 254px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>The New Number Two<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage experiment by J A Dixon<br \/>\n5.5 x 3.75 inches, not for sale<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_MorningBancha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_MorningBancha.jpg\" title=\"Morning Bancha ~ J A Dixon\" width=\"225\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_MorningBancha.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dixon_MorningBancha-300x307.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 295px; margin-bottom: 50px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Morning Bancha<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage experiment by J A Dixon<br \/>\n3 x 3 inches, not for sale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe true method of knowledge is experiment.\u201d \u2014 William Blake Conducting intuitive experiments with eventual disclosure in mind may defeat their purpose at some level, but it can be beneficial at times to share the creative process that leads to new works. Nevertheless, the primary purpose of experimentation is to remove oneself from the context [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,18,68,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598"}],"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=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}