{"id":2789,"date":"2017-12-17T08:28:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2017\/12\/true-harvest\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T13:28:49","slug":"true-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2017\/12\/true-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"True Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently came across this observation by naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau and wondered if the sentiment he expresses \u2013 the feeling he describes\u2013 is ultimately the motivation that drives us to artistic expression:<\/p>\n<p><em>Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpad-img-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b01b8d2c804c1970c-800wi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"215 Wallkill Barn\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01156f6c1fc1970b01b8d2c804c1970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b01b8d2c804c1970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"215 Wallkill Barn\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently came across this observation by naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau and wondered if the sentiment he expresses \u2013 the feeling he describes\u2013 is ultimately the motivation that drives us to artistic expression: Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The true harvest of my daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}