{"id":3562,"date":"2013-06-09T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2013-06-06T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T18:09:00","slug":"the-value-of-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/the-value-of-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/the-value-of-flowers\/inspirational-quotes-image-ralph-waldo-emerson-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1.jpg?fit=870%2C709&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"870,709\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1.jpg?fit=430%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3563\" alt=\"Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1-480x391.jpg?resize=480%2C391\" width=\"480\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1.jpg?resize=480%2C391&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Inspirational-Quotes-Image-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-1.jpg?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The same could be said of the beauty of art work. You make someone stop, smile, ponder, appreciate &#8230; and what are all the functional, purposeful items in the world, compared to a moment of being stunned by the beauty or message of a true piece of art? It is an experience versus an object. An object can be lost or set aside, but an experience you will have all your life to build on and cherish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The same could be said of the beauty of art work. You make someone stop, smile, ponder, appreciate &#8230; and what are all the functional, purposeful items in the world, compared to a moment of being stunned by the beauty or message of a true piece of art? It is an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[669,1092,1093,1083,21,1091],"class_list":["post-3562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponderings","tag-art","tag-beauty","tag-experience","tag-flower","tag-flowers","tag-ralph-waldo-emerson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-Vs","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}