{"id":3175,"date":"2016-01-14T13:22:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2016-02-03T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:35:32","slug":"imagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/?p=3175","title":{"rendered":"“IMAGINE”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Imagine\"<\/a><\/p>\n

click on image to enlarge<\/p>\n

Title: Imagine<\/strong><\/p>\n

inspired by John Lennon’s “Imagine”.<\/p>\n

Exhibiton “LOVE”, \u00a0at Art Works Gallery in Vancouver, BC., Feb 12th, 2016<\/p>\n

Story:\u00a0This song hits the bullseye in every way for people around the world who believe in the idea of Peace. I feel it points to possible alternatives to creating a better world. Lennon didn\u2019t always stick to the right path or say the right things. He made mistakes like all human beings do. But it is a start in the right direction and gives many of us hope that their are answers to some of the difficulties facing countries in conflict.<\/p>\n

I had a lot of fun doing this large painting. The process is mostly something I have in my head after thinking about it for several days or even weeks. So when I am working on creating the peace garden at Woodwynn farms, moving wheelbarrows of soil etc., I’ll be thinking about the song and moving ideas around in my head. When I actually start the painting, I just go with my instincts and shove the paint around as my feelings direct me. I made a video of this painting as I worked on it and I will add it here by the end of January.(2016) The painting process might be interesting to artists who like to paint or people who collect my work.<\/p>\n

Here is the original, official version of the song on YouTube:
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8 <\/a>
\nHere are the lyrics:
\nhttp:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/j\/john+lennon\/imagine_10164212.html<\/a><\/p>\n

AND
\nYou can watch a 3 minute video of my Peace Garden project and a bit of my painting process at
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Bm5DIIpYmAE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

click on image to enlarge<\/p>\n

Title: Imagine<\/p>\n

inspired by John Lennon’s “Imagine”.<\/p>\n

Exhibiton “LOVE”, at Art Works Gallery in Vancouver, BC., Feb 12th, 2016<\/p>\n

Story: This song hits the bullseye in every way for people around the world who believe in the idea of Peace. I feel it points to possible alternatives to creating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3175"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derykhouston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}