{"id":631,"date":"2013-04-12T17:55:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T21:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=631"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:08","slug":"on-living-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/12\/on-living-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"On living #illustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_632\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/most-people-exist.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-632\" class=\"size-full wp-image-632\" alt=\"most people exist (Wilde) by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/most-people-exist.png?resize=1000%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">most people exist (Wilde) by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I really love the truth in this quote by Oscar Wilde on the difference between living and existing: &#8220;To live is the rarest thing in the world. 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Cros whose Work Has Been Selected to be Published in American Illustration 32<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/04\/on-the-space-between-art-and-design-5-differences-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/157441666_80_802.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/04\/on-the-space-between-art-and-design-5-differences-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On the Space between Art and Design: 5 differences for me.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/02\/a-variant-on-the-4-ingredient-bread-illustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/156875579_80_802.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/02\/a-variant-on-the-4-ingredient-bread-illustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A variant on the 4 ingredient bread illustration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pixy15.gif?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really love the truth in this quote by Oscar Wilde on the difference between living and existing: &#8220;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all&#8221; I decided to create an illustration of the idea to underscore it. 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