{"id":4910,"date":"2018-05-07T13:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benjamincheah.com\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2018-05-07T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:30:34","slug":"a-high-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitsuncheah.com\/?p=4910","title":{"rendered":"A High Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Our art is<\/p>\n

The rending of flesh;
\nThe breaking of bones;
\nThe tearing of nerves;
\nThe domination of wills.<\/p>\n

Our art is<\/p>\n

Steel scribing perfect arcs;
\nWood smoking on impact;
\nSurvival in a lightning shuffle;
\nStrength through motion.<\/p>\n

Our art is<\/p>\n

Eight angles of attack;
\nEight million methods of combat;
\nInfinite ways to wrestle, crush, maim, kill;
\nOne blinding road to life.<\/p>\n

Come and dance.
\nThe riddle of
\nSteel
\nWood
\nBone
\nBrains
\nAwaits.
\nCome and see
\nwhere the soul resides
\nat the point of the blade.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

\"Cheah<\/p>\n

To see this high art in fiction, check out my latest novel\u00a0HAMMER OF THE WITCHES<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our art is The rending of flesh; The breaking of bones; The tearing of nerves; The domination of wills. Our art is Steel scribing perfect arcs; Wood smoking on impact; Survival in a lightning shuffle; Strength through motion. Our art is Eight angles of attack; Eight million methods of combat; Infinite ways to wrestle, crush, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[240,253,341],"class_list":["post-4910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-poetry","tag-pulprev","tag-writing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t