{"id":8330,"date":"2019-03-17T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2019-03-21T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T20:35:13","slug":"turpentine-diaries-3-17-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-17-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 3\/17\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I get older, my memory gets better and better–I remember less and less. 😉<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I am really good at it is forgetting. Forgetting is a most<\/g> useful skill, I find. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I worked all day on a small painting and finally put down my brush from mental exhaustion. Then my eye caught this painting that had been ‘almost’ finished for a long time. Strictly speaking, I hadn’t forgotten it, but I hadn’t thought about it for a long time either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So after a short break, I put it on the easel and finished it.
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A Man and a Woman in a Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I get older, my memory gets better and better–I remember less and less. 😉 One thing I am really good at it is forgetting. Forgetting is a most useful skill, I find. 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