{"id":18223,"date":"2026-04-13T23:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18223"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:19:34","slug":"ag2026_1120705a-or-live-our-myth-in-the-recurrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18223","title":{"rendered":"AG2026_1120705a or live our myth in the recurrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e463d1a9436&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e463d1a9436\" class=\"aligncenter is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55205358107_5cd657f9f6_b.jpg?w=739&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AG2026_1120705a\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6669963906484273;width:600px;height:auto\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Friedlander, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.aperture.org\/products\/lee-friedlander-life-still\">Life Still<\/a><\/em>. (Aperture) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aperture.org\/editorial\/6-photographers-on-lee-friedlanders-timeless-influence\">Six Photographers on Lee Friedlander\u2019s Timeless Influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>No one really dies in the myths.<br \/><mark style=\"background-color:#f0eec7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No world is lost in the stories.<\/mark><br \/>Everything is lost in the retelling,<br \/>in being wondered at. We grow up<br \/>and grow old in our land of grass<br \/>and blood moons, births and <mark style=\"background-color:#e3cff4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">goneness<\/mark>.<br \/><mark style=\"background-color:#f0eec7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We live our myth in the recurrence,<br \/>pretending we will return another day<\/mark>.<br \/>Like the morning coming every morning.<br \/>The truth is we come back as a choir.<br \/>Otherwise Eurydice would be forever<br \/>in the dark. <mark style=\"background-color:#f0eec7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Our singing brings her<br \/>back.<\/mark> Our dying keeps her alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/1779566\/the-singers-change-the-music-goes-on\">The Singers Change, the Music Goes On<\/a>, Linda Gregg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Friedlander, Life Still. (Aperture) Six Photographers on Lee Friedlander\u2019s Timeless Influence. No one really dies in the myths.No world is lost in the stories.Everything is lost in the retelling,in being wondered at. We grow upand grow old in our land of grassand blood moons, births and goneness.We live our myth in the recurrence,pretending we&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18223\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AG2026_1120705a or live our myth in the recurrence<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Our singing brings her\nback.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,390],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape","category-language"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17252,"url":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=17252","url_meta":{"origin":18223,"position":0},"title":"AG2025_1167196a","author":"dig","date":"August 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lee Friedlander. 10 Nudes, presented in a combination of early and contemporary prints, is curated by Alina Sinetos at CASTLE. 10 Nudes is an exhibition of black and white photographs by Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). 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