{"id":21594,"date":"2025-09-17T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/?p=21594"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:04:58","slug":"opus-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2025\/09\/opus-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Opus 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My brother Andrew and I in front of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opus_40\">Opus 40<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:SaugertiesNY_Opus40_20170722_(36367667761).jpg\">monolith<\/a> ~30 years apart.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"21596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2025\/09\/opus-40\/img_3079\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3079\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;October 1997&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21596\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?resize=1194%2C1592&amp;ssl=1 1194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3079-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">October 1997<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"21595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2025\/09\/opus-40\/img_2659\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1754057257&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00035001750087504&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2659\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;August 2025&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21595\" style=\"width:289px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?resize=1194%2C1592&amp;ssl=1 1194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2659-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">August 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother Andrew and I in front of the Opus 40 monolith ~30 years apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[238],"class_list":["post-21594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-opus-40"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1G65p-5Ci","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21594"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21603,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21594\/revisions\/21603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}