{"id":8295,"date":"2017-01-08T13:12:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T17:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=8295"},"modified":"2017-08-12T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:39:09","slug":"that-compelling-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/8295","title":{"rendered":"that compelling beat . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cRhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue,\u201d
\n\u2013 Mary Oliver
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not long ago I thought this series<\/a> had run its course, but now I realize that it contains a rhythm which I hope will never stop. Originally inspired by the lost bibelots of George Headley<\/a>, it has taken on its own continuity as a collage exercise that calls me back. I might spy a particular color, a certain fragment of printed typography, a shiny ingredient, a scrap of this or that \u2014 the next thing I know, a new miniature has cracked its shell, and it is unmistakably a \u201cbibelot.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will not portend the fruitful struggle of demanding art. Rather, it is a favorite tune sung again, a pleasing walk taken more than once before, a quiet gift to oneself. And, just perhaps, a new mystery will be revealed \u2014 something worth investigating later \u2014 when simple delight must give way to challenge.
\n 
\n\"Churn<\/a><\/p>\n

Churn (Bibelot 151)<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon
\n6.625 x 7.75 inches
\n 
\nPurchase this artwork.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue,\u201d \u2013 Mary Oliver   Not long ago I thought this series had run its course, but now I realize that it contains a rhythm which I hope will never stop. Originally inspired by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,98,22,18,46,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295"}],"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=8295"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9512,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295\/revisions\/9512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}