{"id":15,"date":"2016-06-14T20:47:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T20:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/find-focus-click.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2024-08-12T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T17:55:01","slug":"learning-about-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/learning-about-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning About Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/findfocusclick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/007-225x300.jpg?resize=392%2C523&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"007\" width=\"392\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/007.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/007.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/007.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/007.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As lovely as this photo is, it&#8217;s just not very good. 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