{"id":8640,"date":"2019-11-22T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T23:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2019-11-22T18:04:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T23:04:48","slug":"why-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/why-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Why stop?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes when I draw, like in the oil sketch in the middle of this photo, I grab hold of things quickly and stop before the moment passes. Other times, I enjoy what I’m doing so much I don’t want to stop. Looking, seeing, and knowing on and on. SO WHY STOP?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is no end to seeing and knowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes when I draw, like in the oil sketch in the middle of this photo, I grab hold of things quickly and stop before the moment passes. Other times, I enjoy what I’m doing so much I don’t want to stop. Looking, seeing, and knowing on and on. SO WHY STOP? There is no end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":8626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_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":[139,191,24,19,343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio","category-drawings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/studio-corner.jpg?fit=1200%2C764&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14087,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/healing-brush\/","url_meta":{"origin":8640,"position":0},"title":"Healing brush","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"December 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Painting is seeing. 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