{"id":11152,"date":"2026-08-26T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/?post_type=ka_pamatyti&#038;p=11152"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:24:33","slug":"ikyrios-mintys-k-jarosevaite-1982","status":"publish","type":"ka_pamatyti","link":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/what-to-see\/ikyrios-mintys-k-jarosevaite-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS. K. Jaro\u0161evait\u0117. 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sculpture monologue (male voice). <em><i>(Written based on K. Jaro\u0161evait\u0117\u2019s authentic account in the book \u201cKsenija Jaro\u0161evait\u0117. Traditional Sculpture in the 21st Century\u201d. 2004)<\/i><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2013 Already on the opening day, I was smeared with dirt by someone who was apparently mentally unstable. After this unpleasant incident, a discussion arose among the symposium organisers as to whether it was appropriate to place a statue of a nude man in a busy location beside a path. My creator \u2013 sculptor Ksenija Jaro\u0161evait\u0117 \u2013 had to remind everyone that no one seems to object to sculptural images of nude women. When the sculptor who carved me openly asked why a sculpture of a nude man could not be displayed in public, no one was able to explain. And so I \u2013 the sculpture \u201cObsessive Thoughts\u201d \u2013 remained standing where I had been placed. Unfortunately, vandals have long arms. Every time the sculptor came from Vilnius to visit the park, she found me smeared with dirt.      <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But that was a long time ago, before the restoration of independence. People are more civilised now.<br \/>The thoughts running down my back are stroked and tickled so that they may pass more quickly \u2013 anxiety, fear, suspicion, jealousy&#8230; everything that drags a person down, to the very bottom&#8230;<br \/>May your obsessive thoughts run away too, dear passer-by! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculpture monologue (male voice). (Written based on K. Jaro\u0161evait\u0117\u2019s authentic account in the book \u201cKsenija Jaro\u0161evait\u0117. Traditional Sculpture in the 21st Century\u201d. 2004): \u2013 Already on the opening day, I was smeared with dirt by someone who was apparently mentally unstable. After this unpleasant incident, a discussion arose among the symposium organisers as to whether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13374,"template":"","lankytinu_lokacijos":[],"lankytinu_tipai":[435],"class_list":["post-11152","ka_pamatyti","type-ka_pamatyti","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","lankytinu_tipai-talking-sculptures-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ka_pamatyti\/11152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ka_pamatyti"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ka_pamatyti"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lankytinu_lokacijos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lankytinu_lokacijos?post=11152"},{"taxonomy":"lankytinu_tipai","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedon.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lankytinu_tipai?post=11152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}