{"id":5798,"date":"2010-11-09T16:59:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:28:05","slug":"318-of-365-is-on-balance-inkscape-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/11\/09\/318-of-365-is-on-balance-inkscape-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"On balance, or, an acrobat balancing on a tall, thin stick by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #cc #design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3272\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"On balance, or, an acrobat balancing on a tall, thin stick by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #cc #design\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101109balance.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3272\" data-attachment-id=\"3272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20121212-300x174\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121212-300x174.png?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,174\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20121212-300&amp;#215;174\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121212-300x174.png?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-3272 \" style=\"margin:5px;\" title=\"On balance, or, an acrobat balancing on a tall, thin stick by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #cc #design\" alt=\"On balance, or, an acrobat balancing on a tall, thin stick by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #cc #design\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101109balance.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On balance, or, an acrobat balancing on a tall, thin stick by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #cc #design<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve watched this great documentary called <em>Circus<\/em> on the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Big Apple Circus\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Apple_Circus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Big Apple Circus<\/a> on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Public Broadcasting Service\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">PBS<\/a>. 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