{"id":71861,"date":"2026-01-08T10:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=71861"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:03:50","slug":"thoughts-while-not-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/01\/thoughts-while-not-thinking.html","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts While Not Thinking<\/strong><\/font>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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From the Stars<\/em><\/strong> . . . Words<\/strong><\/font><\/em>
for Bill Osborne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Drawing from a series \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart. Click to enlarge.<\/a>
‘Chimerae’ (casein, tempera, and wax crayon). [Jan. 2018].<\/fontsize=1><\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Stealthy 
quantum words<\/strong>
phantoms of expectation <\/strong>
and suicides of time <\/strong>
riddle us <\/strong>
with springs and traps. <\/strong>
Self-delusion <\/strong>
streaming what we breathe <\/strong>
we who breathe in silence <\/strong>
holding worlds <\/strong>
together &\u00a0apart <\/strong>
in halos of fading light<\/strong>
like ancient beacons<\/strong>
bearing witness<\/strong>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
— JH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stealthy
\nquantum words
\nphantoms of expectation
\nand suicides of time
\nriddle us
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