{"id":32737,"date":"2026-03-08T05:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32737"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:15:50","slug":"a-gaze-into-the-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32737","title":{"rendered":"Gaze into the Void \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Shape without form, shade without colour.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Paralysed force, gesture without motion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-1024x665-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-1024x665-4.jpg 1000w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-5-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-5-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-5-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-5-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-5-1200x779.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-staring-into-abyss-2-5.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The eyes are not here&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>There are no eyes here&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>In this valley of dying stars&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>In this hollow valley&nbsp;<br>This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Poetry passages from &#8220;The Hollow Men&#8221; a poem by the modernist writer T. S. Eliot.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Court-Painter-Gaze-into-the-Void-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Court-Painter-Gaze-into-the-Void-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Court-Painter-Gaze-into-the-Void-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Court-Painter-Gaze-into-the-Void-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shape without form, shade without colour.&nbsp;&nbsp;Paralysed force, gesture without motion; The eyes are not here&nbsp;&nbsp;There are no eyes here&nbsp;&nbsp;In this valley of dying stars&nbsp;&nbsp;In this hollow valley&nbsp;This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms Poetry passages from &#8220;The Hollow Men&#8221; a poem by the modernist writer T. 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