{"id":27645,"date":"2017-12-11T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=27645"},"modified":"2017-12-11T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:51:56","slug":"goodbye-to-a-depressing-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/12\/goodbye-to-a-depressing-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye to a Depressing Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/12\/goodbye-to-a-depressing-year.html\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,547\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blackbird (image detail Paul Klee) Cold Turkey Press, 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365.jpg\" alt title=\"Blackbird (image detail by Paul Klee) Cold Turkey Press, 2017\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-recto-9-12-2017-365-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/12\/goodbye-to-a-depressing-year.html\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,547\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Blackbird&amp;#8217; (poem by Jan Herman) Cold Turkey Press, 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365.jpg\" alt title=\"'Blackbird' (poem by Jan Herman) Cold Turkey Press, 2017\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/blackbird-verso-9-12-2017-365-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=2>The image is a detail from a drawing by Paul Klee. The poem owes a debt to George Grosz and Gerard Bellaart.<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image is a detail from a drawing by Paul Klee. 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