{"id":18147,"date":"2021-12-12T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=18147"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:36:22","slug":"evolving-emotions-counterfeit-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/12\/12\/evolving-emotions-counterfeit-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Counterfeit Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smiling faces inundate my view<\/p>\n<p>Their cheer attempts to breach my brain<\/p>\n<p>Hammering away at the worry<\/p>\n<p>The fears<\/p>\n<p>The anxiety<\/p>\n<p>To no avail<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Laughter fills the air<\/p>\n<p>These lungs of mine force<\/p>\n<p>The artificial happiness sweeps from my breath<\/p>\n<p>Choking on insincerity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The sight of fresh and falling snow<\/p>\n<p>Brings enthusiasm to the limbs<\/p>\n<p>Mine mimic<\/p>\n<p>In an awkward sort of way<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Inside a bubble<\/p>\n<p>Apart from others<\/p>\n<p>Left with the thoughts<\/p>\n<p>That consume me<\/p>\n<p>Waking and sleeping<\/p>\n<p>Smiling and laughing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m crying now<\/p>\n<p>Real<\/p>\n<p>Raw<\/p>\n<p>Instinctual<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet the worries never cease<\/p>\n<p>The jerking movements<\/p>\n<p>The false air<\/p>\n<p>The smeared smile<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Faking in the pursuit<\/p>\n<p>Of realness<\/p>\n<p>Indeed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18150\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20210617_154608092_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20210617_154608092_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20210617_154608092_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20210617_154608092_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smiling faces inundate my view Their cheer attempts to breach my brain Hammering away at the worry The fears The anxiety To no avail &nbsp; Laughter fills the air These lungs of mine force The artificial happiness sweeps from my breath Choking on insincerity &nbsp; The sight of fresh and falling snow Brings enthusiasm to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":17715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1774,1520,34,281,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18147"}],"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=18147"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18404,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18147\/revisions\/18404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}