{"id":1226,"date":"2022-12-02T11:22:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:22:40","slug":"a-lizard-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/a-lizard-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"A lizard in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oil on cardboard \u2013 8 x 8 inch \u2013 Unique work<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caesar the lizard really wants to get to know Paris. He has heard about it since his childhood. His parents, his grandparents, his aunts, his uncles, his cousins speak of the capital, like always. Obviously, his whole family is crazy about this city. He is the only one, him the youngest, to have not seen with his own eyes the legendary beauty of the great lady. He has made up his mind, tonight, he is escaping from home. He has prepared his backpack with some food, a flask of fresh water. Now he is ready to leave his native Burgundy, his village of Charbuy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Caesar\ncrosses the gates of Paris at dawn. He is impressed by the size of\nthe sidewalks, the various smells both delicious and nauseating, the\nheight of the buildings, the gigantic pedestrian crossings, the\ndeafening noises. And, he only met a few people. The night he has\njust spent under the stars is certainly one of the most beautiful\nnights of his short life, if not the most beautiful. Although, the\ncloser he got to civilization, the more distant and dull they seemed.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he crosses\nvarious streets, Caesar has a heartfelt thought for his family. At\nthis hour, his mother must be worried about his absence. Of course he\nleft a handwritten note prominently on his pillow. But he knows her,\nthat’s not going to be enough. She won’t understand. He was figuring\nout his morning reflection when he suddenly sees in front of him a\nbridge which he would describe as sublime. He can’t take his eyes off\nthis splendour. This metal, this endless arch. This incredible\npossibility of reaching the other side of the water. If his memory is\ncorrect, it is the Seine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sees a mooring\nbollard on the quay side of the 8th arrondissement near this bridge\ncalled Alexandre III, Caesar decides to stand for a few moments at\nthis place which allows him to have a perfect view of this technical\nfeat, to take advantage of the sun which has just risen and which\nwill gradually warm his body, to simply rest after a long night of\ntravel and adventure. He closes his eyes, he opens them again, then\nstarts again. He has certainly reached a state of perfect bliss. A\nthought creeps through his mind. He could stay there forever, a\nlizard in Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oil on cardboard \u2013 8 x 8 inch \u2013 Unique work Caesar the lizard really wants to get to know Paris. He has heard about it since his childhood. His parents, his grandparents, his aunts, his uncles, his cousins speak of the capital, like always. Obviously, his whole family is crazy about this city. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1228,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}