{"id":37374,"date":"2019-12-27T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=37374"},"modified":"2019-12-27T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T18:41:07","slug":"when-you-get-to-your-85th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/12\/when-you-get-to-your-85th.html","title":{"rendered":"When You Get to Your 85th . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Fabrikzeitung<\/em> special issue <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"348\" data-attachment-id=\"37368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/ploog-cover-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,348\" 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=\"fabrikzeitung, 2019 (for j\u00fcrgen ploog&amp;#8217;s 85th\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750-300x139.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabrikzeitung.ch\/#\/\">December 2019 \/ January 2020<\/a><\/figcaption><\/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=\"37370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"445,238\" 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=\"by Florian Vetsch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper-300x160.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37370\" width=\"385\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-florian-enh-sharper-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><figcaption>Florian Vetsch:<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabrikzeitung.ch\/nehmt-ein-buch-irgendein-buch\/#\/\">An Appreciation<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/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=\"37373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/ploog-excerpt-enh\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-excerpt-enh.png\" data-orig-size=\"380,238\" 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=\"by J\u00fcrgen Ploog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-excerpt-enh-300x188.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-excerpt-enh.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-excerpt-enh.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37373\" width=\"329\" height=\"207\" 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Let\u2019s not get into that again\u2026 machine gun fire loud &#038; clear\u2026 airplanes moving in low &#038; forgotten now like battles in the Pacific\u2026 distant artillery for the Americans don\u2019t forget that buddy\u2026 sound of Japanese commandos\u2026 &#038; Germany end of July 45, 17 sec. past the deadline\u2026 sunny morning in Hiroshima, stones trees houses people dust\u2026 it\u2019s the 15th with transcribed music\u2026 cracks in the record, the unconditional surrender of Hollywood to TV\u2026&#8221; \u2014 J\u00fcrgen Ploog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37368,"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":[19,26,18,4,20,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37374","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-media","12":"category-news","13":"category-political-culture","14":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ploog-cover-750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-9IO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37374","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=37374"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37415,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37374\/revisions\/37415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}