{"id":17457,"date":"2021-10-24T07:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=17457"},"modified":"2021-10-24T07:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T11:30:25","slug":"evolving-emotions-inquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/10\/24\/evolving-emotions-inquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Inquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if I were?<\/p>\n<p>Would my peers avoid me<\/p>\n<p>Would my parents dismiss me<\/p>\n<p>Would my God disown me<\/p>\n<p>Would my universe mock me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What if I were?<\/p>\n<p>Would I deny it<\/p>\n<p>Would I despise myself<\/p>\n<p>Would my mind denounce my thoughts<\/p>\n<p>Would I curb my yearnings<\/p>\n<p>Would my eyes avert their judging gaze<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From the sight of her<\/p>\n<p>Her dimples<\/p>\n<p>Her smile<\/p>\n<p>Her laugh<\/p>\n<p>Her special beauty to behold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What if I were?<\/p>\n<p>Would I love myself in time<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Acceptance drives acceptance<\/p>\n<p>If you were to love yourself wholly and completely<\/p>\n<p>If you were to take on your internal quarrels valiantly<\/p>\n<p>If you were to embrace those different from yourself<\/p>\n<p>If you were to take them in with open arms<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that love would double<\/p>\n<p>Triple<\/p>\n<p>Quadruple<\/p>\n<p>Until it fills the very room<\/p>\n<p>Crowding out the scrutiny<\/p>\n<p>Expunging the former negativity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love you<\/p>\n<p>Love others<\/p>\n<p>Maybe those around you will learn<\/p>\n<p>To love themselves<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What if you were you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17460\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_161239071_iOS-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_161239071_iOS-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211017_161239071_iOS.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if I were? Would my peers avoid me Would my parents dismiss me Would my God disown me Would my universe mock me &nbsp; What if I were? Would I deny it Would I despise myself Would my mind denounce my thoughts Would I curb my yearnings Would my eyes avert their judging gaze [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":17489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,281,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17457"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17496,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17457\/revisions\/17496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}