{"id":4581,"date":"2026-04-22T08:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:31:00","slug":"statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/?p=4581","title":{"rendered":"statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MY INSPIRATION<\/strong>..<strong>&#8230;.comes from expressing joy and light in what can appear to be a very dark world.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>i see my art as a cosmic calling-card, images are often received in a direct flow, which i trust also resonates with other people<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>i am drawn to pattern-making as a meditative practice and process; incorporating both ancient and invented visual languages.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>i tend to work in series of paintings, creating separate and discrete bodies of work, both sequentially and simultaneously.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>artistic expression is such a fundamental part of my human experience, without it i would be completely adrift. it so much more than simply a passport to holistic well-being; it is my <em>raison d&#8217;etre<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MY INSPIRATION..&#8230;.comes from expressing joy and light in what can appear to be a very dark world. i see my art as a cosmic calling-card, images are often received in a direct flow, which i trust also resonates with other people. i am drawn to pattern-making as a meditative practice and process; incorporating both ancient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4589,"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581\/revisions\/4589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elegantstargap.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}