{"id":29850,"date":"2018-06-12T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=29850"},"modified":"2018-06-12T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:37:19","slug":"the-nature-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/06\/the-nature-of-the-beast.html","title":{"rendered":"The Nature of the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_29846\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-750.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29846\" data-attachment-id=\"29846\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/06\/the-nature-of-the-beast.html\/nothing-wasted-recto-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-365.png\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Rot Not&amp;#8217; stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=1&gt;&amp;#8216;Rot Not&amp;#8217; stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-365-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-365.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-365.png\" alt title=\"&#039;Rot Not&#039; stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart. Click to enlarge.\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-365.png 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-365-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><font size=1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-recto-750.png\">Stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart. (Click to enlarge.)<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_29847\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-749.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29847\" data-attachment-id=\"29847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/06\/the-nature-of-the-beast.html\/nothing-wasted-verso-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-365.png\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Nothing Wasted&amp;#8217; \u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=1&gt;With a debt to Virginia Woolf&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-365-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-365.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-365.png\" alt title=\"&#039;Nothing Wasted&#039; \u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman (with a debt to Virginia Woolf). Click to enlarge.\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-365.png 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-365-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><font size=1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nothing-wasted-verso-749.png\">\u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman (with a debt to Virginia Woolf). (Click to enlarge.)<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><center>Furthermore . . .<br \/>  \u201cAs Matisse noted, black is a colour too<br \/> &#038; in certain hands the superior one.\u201d<br \/> <em>&#8212; Gerard Bellaart<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_30076\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-619.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30076\" data-attachment-id=\"30076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/06\/the-nature-of-the-beast.html\/nobody-recto-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-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=\"Stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;Stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart. &lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-365-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-365.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-365.jpg\" alt title=\"Stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart. Click to enlarge.\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-365-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><font size=1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-619.jpg\">Stenciled text \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart. (Click to enlarge.)<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_30078\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30078\" data-attachment-id=\"30078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/06\/the-nature-of-the-beast.html\/nobody-verso-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-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;Nobody&amp;#8217; \u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;&amp;#8216;Nobody&amp;#8217; \u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-365-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-365.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-365.jpg\" alt title=\"&#039;Nobody&#039; \u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman. Click to enlarge.\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-365-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><font size=1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-verso-620.jpg\">&#8216;Nobody&#8217; \u00a9 2018 by Jan Herman. (Click to enlarge.)<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furthermore . . . \u201cAs Matisse noted, black is a colour too &#038; in certain hands the superior one.\u201d &#8212; Gerard Bellaart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-literature","9":"category-main","10":"category-news","11":"category-political-culture","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nobody-recto-365.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-7Ls","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29850"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30095,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850\/revisions\/30095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}