{"id":257,"date":"2013-01-21T21:02:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/?p=257"},"modified":"2013-01-21T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T21:04:05","slug":"hands-are-full-of-insight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/hands-are-full-of-insight\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Are Full Of Insight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_258\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 243px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258\" title=\"Hand to leaf np\" src=\"http:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hand-to-leaf-np.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hand-to-leaf-np.jpg 233w, https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hand-to-leaf-np-145x300.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand to Leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think better with my hands.<\/p>\n<p>The mind and hands are co-conspirators when it comes to drawing, painting and printing &#8211; so rather than just <em>thinking<\/em> about what to draw, paint or print, hands that are busy in the process of <em>doing<\/em> leads to more imaginative results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_259\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_259\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 226px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-259\" title=\"eggshell\" src=\"http:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eggshell-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eggshell-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eggshell-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eggshell.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eggshell mosaic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Would I have figured out how to print eggshells without holding them in my hands, moving them around and cracking them into little mosaic bits? I doubt it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for trying to figure out how to print stiff, sturdy tomato vines, complex flowers like iris and orchids, and a whole stalk of celery.<\/p>\n<p>Hands can work things out. They have a direct link to sensitive, nonverbal brain parts that just <em>know<\/em>. Taking lots of photos and making sketches are important to my working process. Touching, holding and manipulating the objects I want to portray is critical.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-260\" title=\"Tomato Vines\" src=\"http:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Tomato-Vines.tiff\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_261\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_261\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 226px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-261\" title=\"celery roses\" src=\"http:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/celery-roses-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/celery-roses-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/celery-roses-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/celery-roses.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celery &#39;Roses&#39;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think better with my hands. The mind and hands are co-conspirators when it comes to drawing, painting and printing &#8211; so rather than just thinking about what to draw, paint or print, hands that are busy in the process &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/hands-are-full-of-insight\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurabethmann.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}