{"id":4074,"date":"2021-11-18T00:23:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T05:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpinnovationsolutions.ca\/blog\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2021-11-18T00:23:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T05:23:45","slug":"artistic-inspiration-and-free-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpinnovationsolutions.ca\/blog\/artistic-inspiration-and-free-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Inspiration and Free Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/p227.p0.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com\/items\/P8u82AWe\/c79cde2f-8fd1-4894-ba1a-a6bd33a5c157.jpg?v=157ec246c4091dcf753036aeb0a4c0ff\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Artistic Inspiration and Free Apps\" title=\"Artistic Inspiration and Free Apps\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The following video story about an athlete, Buck Paulson, who made a career change to establish a business as an artist was inspiring to me.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--presto-player:video_id=1--><figure class=\"wp-block-video presto-block-video  presto-provider-youtube\" style=\"--plyr-color-main: var(--presto-player-highlight-color, #00b3ff); 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