{"id":1044,"date":"2008-12-16T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T18:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2010-03-25T11:32:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T19:32:19","slug":"swan-maiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/swan-maiden\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan Maiden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Swan Maiden<\/strong> painting is almost finished, but I have a few more details I want to add to it. I have been working on this painting off and on since February of this year and promised myself it would be finished by January 2009.<\/p>\n<p>This painting was loosely inspired by the Irish legend of the beautiful Swan Maiden &#8220;Caer Ibormeith&#8221;. She was the daughter Of Prince Ethal Anbuail of Sid Uamuin in Connacht.<\/p>\n<p>Legend has it that every other Samhain she would change into a swan and would remain in this form for a year before becoming human again the following Samhain. Visit the post on June 17th for more info.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1045\" title=\"The Swan Maiden #3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theswanmaidenfini33.jpg\" alt=\"The Swan Maiden #3\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theswanmaidenfini33.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theswanmaidenfini33-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Swan Maiden<\/strong> &#8211; Mixed Media &#8211; 16 x 20<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Caer Ibormeith<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I wandered down to the waters<br \/>\nAnd walked by the riverside,<br \/>\nI wandered down to the waters<br \/>\nSome solace there to find.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I sat with a heart of sorrow<br \/>\nBeside a silent pool<br \/>\nI sat with a heart of sorrow<br \/>\nAnd wept for the lonely world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">When over the silent waters<br \/>\nA creature to me came<br \/>\nWhen over the silent waters<br \/>\nA swan with a golden chain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">She sang out her song so sweetly<br \/>\nHer wavering melody<br \/>\nShe sang out her song so sweetly<br \/>\nThat it put my heart at peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sing on, fair swan, I cried to her,<br \/>\nSing on, to bring the day<br \/>\nSing on, fair swan, I cried to her,<br \/>\nBut she had swum away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8211; Jamie Alexandre. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swan Maiden painting is almost finished, but I have a few more details I want to add to it. I have been working on this painting off and on since February of this year and promised myself it would be finished by January 2009. This painting was loosely inspired by the Irish legend of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[163,36,34,54,162],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2316,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions\/2316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}