{"id":2329,"date":"2010-11-15T16:48:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T22:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2010-11-15T16:48:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T22:48:48","slug":"this-modern-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2010\/11\/15\/this-modern-world\/","title":{"rendered":"This modern world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a strange experience when I went out and about visiting studios on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastaustinstudiotour.com\/\">East Austin Studio Tour<\/a>. When I looked at the map, I was gratified to see quite a few artists in my immediate neighborhood, and one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atxdiy.com\/\">studio<\/a> only a block away, so I decided to make that my first stop.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m slowly riding my bike down the driveway to the garage studio in back, one of the two residents says &#8220;Are you Adam Rice?&#8221;. 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