{"id":321,"date":"2019-12-30T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/?p=321"},"modified":"2019-12-30T20:53:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:53:12","slug":"on-the-wings-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/12\/30\/on-the-wings-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Wings Of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\" class=\"has-drop-cap\">First of all: Yes, I&#8217;m taking my painting seriously. And I have no plans getting tired of it any time soon, so stay calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, what&#8217;s about the title of this post you&#8217;re currently reading?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-750x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Acrylic painting of a dragon flying in the moonlight, burning town in the background and a castle on a hill nearby\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-1125x1536.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-1500x2048.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-1200x1638.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/images\/drageborg-scaled.jpg 1876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, it could of course describe the flying dragon, having changed the fate of the town behind him &#8230; Or it could describe me, and that I&#8217;m taking my painting seriously, wanting to continue with it after my two paintings so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or &#8211; of course &#8211; both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As should be apparent from the image above, I&#8217;ve now finished my second acrylic painting. 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