{"id":1153,"date":"2010-11-13T22:53:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T02:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2010-11-15T23:28:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T03:28:42","slug":"a-real-life-mary-poppins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2010\/11\/13\/a-real-life-mary-poppins\/","title":{"rendered":"A real-life Mary Poppins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; font-size: 100%; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;\"><span style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; font-size: 100%; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;\">Meet Julian Beever.\u00c2\u00a0 He can make things come to life magically from the sidewalk. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; font-size: 100%; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;\"><span style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none; font-size: 100%; margin: 0pt; outline: 0pt none; padding: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline;\">You think I&#8217;m kidding?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not.\u00c2\u00a0 He really can.\u00c2\u00a0 It may not be &#8220;magic&#8221; in its purest sense of the word, but the sidewalk art that he sculpts becomes a magical illusion that really can boggle your mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moillusions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos1.blogger.com\/img468\/281\/aaxwell1wh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moillusions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img387.imageshack.us\/img387\/8859\/bojice0hk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; 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