{"id":18424,"date":"2022-02-06T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=18424"},"modified":"2022-02-04T22:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:02:52","slug":"evolving-emotions-squirrel-staring-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/02\/06\/evolving-emotions-squirrel-staring-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Squirrel Staring Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bushy tail<\/p>\n<p>Flourishing in the bitter wind<\/p>\n<p>Curiously Driven<\/p>\n<p>Hopelessly Eager<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Frantic paws<\/p>\n<p>Working through<\/p>\n<p>The solid Earth<\/p>\n<p>Toward a humble prize<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A heart beating rapidly<\/p>\n<p>Blood flooding the body<\/p>\n<p>Lungs accelerating<\/p>\n<p>In the face of something new<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A charming face<\/p>\n<p>Greets the beady eyes<\/p>\n<p>The new creature crouches<\/p>\n<p>Waiting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A stare interlocks them<\/p>\n<p>Each afraid to move<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Crunch<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The leaves sound<\/p>\n<p>The being shifts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Away rushes the animal<\/p>\n<p>Up a tree<\/p>\n<p>To refuge<\/p>\n<p>To a world unknown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To the person<\/p>\n<p>Crouching among the leaves<\/p>\n<p>Striking disappointment<\/p>\n<p>Slapped across their face<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18464\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217_175938000_iOS-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217_175938000_iOS-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217_175938000_iOS.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bushy tail Flourishing in the bitter wind Curiously Driven Hopelessly Eager &nbsp; Frantic paws Working through The solid Earth Toward a humble prize &nbsp; A heart beating rapidly Blood flooding the body Lungs accelerating In the face of something new &nbsp; A charming face Greets the beady eyes The new creature crouches Waiting &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":18426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1230,1774,1520,34,281,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18424"}],"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=18424"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19018,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18424\/revisions\/19018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}