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<\/a>Winter–in the eleventh month Snow falls thick and fast. A thousand mountains, one color. Men of the world passing this way are few. Dense grass conceals the door. All night in silence, a few woodchips burn slowly As I read the poems of the ancients. –Ryokan (Japan, 1758-1831)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51,107],"tags":[10,52,111,108,104],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-poetry","tag-johnazelvandre","tag-photography","tag-poetry","tag-ryokan","tag-winter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5zpKF-winter","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":758,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2016\/12\/winter-approaches\/","url_meta":{"origin":788,"position":0},"title":"Winter approaches …","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We're in the deep-freeze here in New York, just in time for winter, which officially starts next week. \u00a0The poetry of Ry\u014dkan (Japan, 18th century) calls for my attention: \"Returning to my hermitage after a journey to distant mountain villages; Along the fence, the last chrysanthemums linger\" --translated by John\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PR20111208-5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PR20111208-5.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PR20111208-5.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PR20111208-5.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":223,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/03\/one-last-look-back-at-winter\/","url_meta":{"origin":788,"position":1},"title":"One last look back at winter …","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"March 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Winter is decidedly on its way out in these parts, but I couldn't resist giving it one last parting glance this afternoon as I reviewed some photos I shot near Ivoryton, Connecticut in late February. I've been a photographer from an early age, at least since my grandmother passed along\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ivoryton2.jpg?fit=1000%2C669&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ivoryton2.jpg?fit=1000%2C669&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ivoryton2.jpg?fit=1000%2C669&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ivoryton2.jpg?fit=1000%2C669&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":148,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/02\/brooklyn-art-space-winter-salon-a-big-success\/","url_meta":{"origin":788,"position":2},"title":"Brooklyn Art Space Winter Salon a big success …!","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"February 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn Art Space's Annual Winter Member Salon was held at Trestle Gallery\u00a0(Gowanus, Brooklyn) this past Friday night and was a big success! \u00a0There was quite a turnout for such a frigid night, and several works of art were sold! \u00a0I've uploaded some photos of the show to my flickr account.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A big crowd on Friday night at Trestle Gallery","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Winter-salon2015-1024x685.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Winter-salon2015-1024x685.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Winter-salon2015-1024x685.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/02\/upcoming-winter-salon-at-trestle-gallerybrooklyn-art-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":788,"position":3},"title":"Upcoming: Winter Salon at Trestle Gallery\/Brooklyn Art Space","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"February 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Brooklyn Art Space Winter Member Salon happens this Friday, February 13 from 7 to 9pm at Trestle Gallery's 168 7th Street location in Gowanus, Brooklyn. (See the Trestle website for directions.) 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