{"id":794,"date":"2004-05-08T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2004-05-08T23:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=794"},"modified":"2015-12-28T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T15:34:11","slug":"commonplace-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=794","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling With the Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But form to lend, pulsed life create,<br \/>\nWhat unlike things must meet and mate:<br \/>\nA flame to melt &#8212; a wind to freeze;<br \/>\nSad patience &#8212; joyous energies;<br \/>\nHumility &#8212; yet pride and scorn;<br \/>\nInstinct and study; love and hate;<br \/>\nAudancity &#8212; reverence.  These must mate,<br \/>\nAnd fuse with Jacob&#8217;s mystic heart,<br \/>\nTo wrestle with the angel &#8212; Art.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8212; Herman Melville, &#8220;Art&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=thesheivari-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0873386604&#038;asins=0873386604&#038;linkId=AEVJ3F6WD5KMJ32D&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But form to lend, pulsed life create, What unlike things must meet and mate: A flame to melt &#8212; a wind to freeze; Sad patience &#8212; joyous energies; Humility &#8212; yet pride and scorn; Instinct and study; love and hate; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=794\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[92,160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101330,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions\/101330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}