{"id":22119,"date":"2022-12-30T03:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T03:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22119"},"modified":"2022-12-30T03:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T03:54:31","slug":"trying-to-makes-sense-of-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22119","title":{"rendered":"trying to makes sense of it all&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court  Painter locked himself in the studio and after a feverish burst of picture making asked himself in the sweat of exhaustion and  a tone both plaintive and pleading; &#8216;what sense does it all make when the best I can hope for is $49.99 per painting on the open market ?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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