{"id":54252,"date":"2022-12-21T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=54252"},"modified":"2022-12-22T22:30:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T03:30:41","slug":"we-bloom-just-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/12\/we-bloom-just-once.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We bloom just once . . .&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger.jpg\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a human drape. \/ My bones are tight, \/ not so my skin. It sags \/ curtainlike from chin.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"54348\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/jh-gb-skin-bones-larger-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,525\" 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=\"JH-GB SKIN &amp;#038; BONES (larger) (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54348\" title=\"CLICK TO ENLARGE.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger-750-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> Drawing by Gerard Bellaart. &#8216;Skin &amp; Bones&#8217; by JH.<\/em> <em>German translation by Florian Vetsch<\/em>. <br><em>Two-sided poster printed in an edition limited to 36 copies.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JH-GB-SKIN-BONES-larger.jpg\">Click to enlarge.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a human drape.<br \/>\nMy bones are tight,<br \/>\nnot so my skin. 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