{"id":1060,"date":"2024-12-31T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jvh.42web.io\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:28:38","slug":"sun-up-at-quorum-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnvassarhousesculptor.art\/?p=1060","title":{"rendered":"Sun Up at Quorum, 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Daon Development Corporation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>North Dallas (Addison), Texas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Twice a year, on or within 24 hours of the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox \u2013 in March and September &#8211; the sun will strike the unique piece at a precise angle to direct a shaft of sunlight through an aperture onto a metal sphere embedded into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">According 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