{"id":88,"date":"2011-04-25T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/?p=88"},"modified":"2011-04-25T22:32:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T22:32:34","slug":"sculpture-selected-for-seattle-erotic-art-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/88\/sculpture-selected-for-seattle-erotic-art-festival","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture selected for Seattle Erotic Art Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_93\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Blessing-bronze-39in.x24in.x12in.-0095-resized.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93\" title=\"The Blessing  bronze  39in.x24in.x12in.  0095 resized\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Blessing-bronze-39in.x24in.x12in.-0095-resized-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Blessing-bronze-39in.x24in.x12in.-0095-resized-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Blessing-bronze-39in.x24in.x12in.-0095-resized.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-93\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blessing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My original cast bronze sculpture, entitled The Blessing, has been selected by the jury judges for the Seattle Erotic Art Festival.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Blessing<\/em> is a very different theme from that of it&#8217;s companion piece,\u00a0<em>Genuflection to Longing<\/em>. Blessing conjures an image of liberation. The figure is of a male who has just broken the chains that have bound him and he is both awestruck and grateful that the possibilities before him are immense. It evokes that renewed sense of promise that life offers.<\/p>\n<p>It just\u00a0goes to show that how the artist intends for his art to be interpreted may not be how a viewer sees it. \u00a0The\u00a0festival takes place on May 20-22. \u00a0 Go to http:\/\/seattle-erotic.org\/visual\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My original cast bronze sculpture, entitled The Blessing, has been selected by the jury judges for the Seattle Erotic Art Festival. The Blessing is a very different theme from that of it&#8217;s companion piece,\u00a0Genuflection to Longing. Blessing conjures an image of liberation. 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