{"id":317,"date":"2022-10-05T20:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgilliam.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=317"},"modified":"2022-12-22T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T20:03:16","slug":"death-aint-what-it-seems","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgilliam.com\/?portfolio=death-aint-what-it-seems","title":{"rendered":"Death Ain&#8217;t What it Seems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l8w3hwr7-e8c1153b423820bb4a7f3413954115b2\">\n.avia-section.av-l8w3hwr7-e8c1153b423820bb4a7f3413954115b2{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.tomgilliam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/death5.png);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:fixed;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-l8w3hwr7-e8c1153b423820bb4a7f3413954115b2 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  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