{"id":126,"date":"2026-04-22T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaelgavrieli.com\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:29:12","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgavrieli.com\/?page_id=126","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"126\" class=\"elementor elementor-126\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4021b2c mg-about e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4021b2c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8612459 e-con-full mg-about__inner e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8612459\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e61a87c e-grid e-con-full mg-about__grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e61a87c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d04d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13d04d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68e8ee mg-about__kicker elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a68e8ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Artist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a68bb mg-about__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15a68bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>True \u00a0Story<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32a465 elementor-widget__width-initial mg-about__line elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e32a465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377ccde e-con-full mg-about__content e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"377ccde\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b84065 mg-about__text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b84065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t A self-taught EU artist who overcame an abusive family, several kinds of addictions,\n            became a top 5% income earner in the Czech Republic, and also experienced having\n            no money for food. 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