{"id":11470,"date":"2019-12-29T00:46:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T00:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=11470"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:20:42","slug":"one-who-plucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=11470","title":{"rendered":"Musical Interlude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute.jpg 657w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&#8212;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-lute-B--263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-lute-B--263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-lute-B-.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;&#8212;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-52f17c810c13ff2d258f51a66d57b534 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8a0d28\">It is not hard to see the appeal of the instrument in the hands of Court Painter. Light and portable, a harmonizing instrument ;easy to maintain and soothing to his many celebrity visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5e4f89031da6d779934c4a5ec79ca4c6 wp-block-paragraph\">The lute he finds enormously versatile, using it as a break from his onerous painting schedule to play interlude dance music&#8230; interlude popular tunes&#8230; interlude arrangements of rap music and interlude song accompaniments that he hums lustily &#8230; and interlude passemezzi (a sort of Renaissance twelve-bar blues) he loves to belt out after a few shots of courage at the Ship &amp; Anchor&#8230; often ending an evening plucking and riffing on &#8220;musical interludes of the most refined and expressive fantasias that haunt Court Painter&#8217;s imagined reveries and opium dreams.&#8221; (A<i>ccompanying images are not meant to illustrate opium dreams however the monotone prints are intended to transport the viewer to an experience of 17th century reality before colour)<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-Boris.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-Boris.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-Boris-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-Boris-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Boris-B-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Boris-B-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Boris-B-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Boris-B.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Coiurt-Painter-Lute-Serenade.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Coiurt-Painter-Lute-Serenade.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Coiurt-Painter-Lute-Serenade-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Coiurt-Painter-Lute-Serenade-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Lute-Serenade-B-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Lute-Serenade-B-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Lute-Serenade-B-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-Lute-Serenade-B.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-serenade-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-serenade-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-serenade-1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-serenade-1-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-serenade-B-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-serenade-B-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-serenade-B-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-serenade-B.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute-painting-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute-painting-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute-painting-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Court-Painter-lute-painting-1-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-lute-painting-B-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11513\" 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Light and portable, a harmonizing instrument ;easy to maintain and soothing to his many celebrity visitors. The lute he finds enormously versatile, using it as a break from his onerous painting schedule to play interlude &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=11470\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Musical Interlude&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11470"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31858,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11470\/revisions\/31858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}