{"id":137,"date":"2008-07-27T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2008-07-27T13:18:38","modified_gmt":"2008-07-27T17:18:38","slug":"the-first-blank-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/the-first-blank-page\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Blank Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/goreybackground_wallpaper.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: .25em; border: 1px solid silver;\" title=\"Drawing by Edward Gorey - click for larger version\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/goreybackground_wallpaper_sm.jpg?resize=500%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Drawing by Edward Gorey\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For reasons which I&#8217;m not sure I could articulate, I love this drawing without reservation. (Click the image for a larger version.) It&#8217;s from a page in 2007&#8217;s <a title=\"Wikipedia, on Edward Gorey\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Gorey\" target=\"_blank\">Edward Gorey<\/a> &#8220;Page-a-Day&#8221; calendar and I&#8217;ve kept it around on various computers, trying without success to make it work as a desktop wallpaper. (Icons are inconsistently legible when layered over it.) Perhaps I must get used to just knowing about it, without ever <em>using<\/em> it in some way.<\/p>\n<p>(If there&#8217;s anything guaranteed to p!ss a writer off, it&#8217;s knowing about something which can&#8217;t be used.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For reasons which I&#8217;m not sure I could articulate, I love this drawing without reservation. (Click the image for a larger version.) It&#8217;s from a page in 2007&#8217;s Edward Gorey &#8220;Page-a-Day&#8221; calendar and I&#8217;ve kept it around on various computers, trying without success to make it work as a desktop wallpaper. 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