{"id":29858,"date":"2018-06-07T08:23:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=29858"},"modified":"2018-06-07T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:24:27","slug":"from-the-pond-across-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/06\/from-the-pond-across-the-street.html","title":{"rendered":"From the Pond Across the Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><b>We would travel light years<br \/> to find alien beings inhabiting fabulous worlds.<br \/> <em>&#8212; Malcolm Mc Neill<\/em><\/b><\/center><br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/273301770\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=6><em><strong>Some things just won&#8217;t stay down.<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/center><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_29867\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reflux-Some-things-just-wont\/dp\/0692066047\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1528294051&#038;sr=1-3&#038;keywords=malcolm+mc+neill\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29867\" data-attachment-id=\"29867\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/mc-neill-reflux-except\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mc-Neill-REFLUX-except.png\" data-orig-size=\"466,368\" 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=\"Mc Neill REFLUX+ excerpt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From &amp;#8216;Lover Boy,&amp;#8217; the first essay in REFLUX+&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mc-Neill-REFLUX-except.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mc-Neill-REFLUX-except.png\" alt title=\"From &#039;Lover Boy,&#039; the first essay in REFLUX+ (Click to purchase.)\" width=\"466\" height=\"368\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mc-Neill-REFLUX-except.png 466w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mc-Neill-REFLUX-except-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><font size=1>From &#8216;Lover Boy,&#8217; the first essay in <em>REFLUX+<\/em><\/font><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_29868\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reflux-Some-things-just-wont\/dp\/0692066047\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1528294051&#038;sr=1-3&#038;keywords=malcolm+mc+neill\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29868\" data-attachment-id=\"29868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/refluxcoveronly-240x368\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/REFLUXCoveronly-240x368.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"240,368\" 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=\"REFLUX+Coveronly (240&amp;#215;368)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Apophenia (2018). 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