{"id":68,"date":"2013-11-15T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014.jpg"},"modified":"2013-11-15T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T07:00:34","slug":"014","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/gallery\/paintings-with-messages\/attachment\/014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cycle Of Life"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-68","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-238x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Sages teach us that there are three partners in the creation of a human being, the father, the mother and G-d. The parents are represented at the bottom right by the two outstretched hands. The third, incorporeal, partner is symbolized by the ray of light. <\/p>\n<p>The two tiny cells in the vortex at the center evoke the initial division of cells at the conception of a new life. Our sacred writings describe life in this world as a corridor leading to eternal life in the next world. Thus, in this painting, the whole life cycle is portrayed within a symbolic womb. <\/p>\n<p>As the baby enters this world he is crying but when one reaches the end of a life filled with purpose and mitzvot, the expression is one of fulfillment and contentment.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Oil on canvas 100X80 cm <a href=\"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/gallery\/paintings-with-messages\/attachment\/014\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":"318","height":"400","hwstring_small":"height='96' width='76'","file":"2013\/11\/014.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"014-150x150.jpg","width":"150","height":"150","source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"014-238x300.jpg","width":"238","height":"300","source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-238x300.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"014-318x288.jpg","width":"318","height":"288","source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-318x288.jpg"},"large-feature":{"file":"014-318x288.jpg","width":"318","height":"288","source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-318x288.jpg"},"small-feature":{"file":"014-238x300.jpg","width":"238","height":"300","source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014-238x300.jpg"},"full":{"file":"014.jpg","width":318,"height":400,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Picasa","camera":"NIKON D80","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1295953600","copyright":"","focal_length":"19","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":""}},"post":65,"source_url":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/014.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"page","id":65,"href":"https:\/\/miriamgottesman.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}