{"id":37088,"date":"2019-12-09T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=37088"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:39:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:39:44","slug":"this-blogpost-is-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/12\/this-blogpost-is-personal.html","title":{"rendered":"This Blogpost Is Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ran into a tough opponent the other day. &nbsp;Took a header. I hit the pavement and it knocked me cold. Disfigured my face. An entire crew of firemen pulled up in full regalia, ladder engine included, had a look and got me a deluxe ambulance ride to the emergency room, plus a brainscan, a 24-hour overnight on a hospital gurney\u2014the place was fully booked\u2014and a bunch of stitches by a well-meaning young doc. Now home, condition improving, I got to thinking of Edward Dahlberg&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/These-Bones-Live-Edward-Dahlberg\/dp\/B000QSADX0\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=can+these+bones+live+by+edward+dahlberg&amp;qid=1575931295&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">Can These Bones Live<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/1-recto-jh-emergency-room-ctcard-brdr-364x548\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"364,548\" 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=\"Emergency Room Detour [Cold Turkey Press, 2019]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37112\" width=\"354\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/1-verso-jh-emergency-room-ctcard-365x548\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-verso-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-365x548.png\" data-orig-size=\"365,548\" 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;Emergency Room Detour&amp;#8217; (deformed sonnet) \u00a9 2019 by Jan Herman [Cold Turkey Press]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-verso-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-365x548-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-verso-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-365x548.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-verso-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-365x548.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37113\" width=\"356\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-verso-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-365x548.png 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-verso-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-365x548-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Another way to look at my little adventure:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"968\" data-attachment-id=\"37090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/emergency-room-detour-homage-to-dahlberg-jh-nom-747brdr\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMERGENCY-ROOM-DETOUR-Homage-to-Dahlberg-JH-NOM-747brdr.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"747,968\" 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=\"EMERGENCY ROOM DETOUR (Homage to Dahlberg) deformed sonnet by Jan Herman \/ collage by Norman O. Mustill\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMERGENCY-ROOM-DETOUR-Homage-to-Dahlberg-JH-NOM-747brdr-232x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMERGENCY-ROOM-DETOUR-Homage-to-Dahlberg-JH-NOM-747brdr.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMERGENCY-ROOM-DETOUR-Homage-to-Dahlberg-JH-NOM-747brdr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMERGENCY-ROOM-DETOUR-Homage-to-Dahlberg-JH-NOM-747brdr.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMERGENCY-ROOM-DETOUR-Homage-to-Dahlberg-JH-NOM-747brdr-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><figcaption><em>With collage by Norman O. Mustill.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ran into a tough opponent the other day.  Took a header. I hit the pavement and it knocked me cold. Disfigured my face. An entire crew of firemen pulled up in full regalia, ladder engine included, had a look and got me a deluxe ambulance ride to the emergency room, plus a brainscan, a 24-hour overnight on a hospital gurney\u2014the place was fully booked\u2014and a bunch of stitches by a well-meaning young doc. Now home, condition improving, I got to thinking of Edward Dahlberg&#8217;s &#8220;Can These Bones Live.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37112,"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":[19,26,18,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-books","9":"category-literature","10":"category-main","11":"category-news","12":"category-political-culture","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-recto-JH-emergency-room-CTcard-brdr-364x548.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-9Ec","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37088","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=37088"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37135,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37088\/revisions\/37135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}