{"id":181125,"date":"2021-07-29T07:09:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=181125"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:56:19","slug":"prolong-the-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/prolong-the-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Prolong the Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Interview with Maria Tokar<\/strong><br \/>\nby Abel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez G.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which tools did you use for the creation of this piece?<\/strong><br \/>\nAdobe Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-left\">I was just trying to express what I felt on that particular day. I found a suitable image and then experimented with different manipulations on it. 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