{"id":19158,"date":"2022-04-03T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=19158"},"modified":"2022-04-04T08:31:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:31:25","slug":"evolving-emotions-numb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/04\/03\/evolving-emotions-numb\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Numb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sights have lost their luster<\/p>\n<p>Songs are no longer melodious in tune<\/p>\n<p>Colors are gray<\/p>\n<p>Lights have darkened<\/p>\n<p>In a haze<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My pupils lazy<\/p>\n<p>My mouth lame<\/p>\n<p>My limbs heavy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unable to express<\/p>\n<p>Unable to cry<\/p>\n<p>Unable to feel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What would it take?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To allow the dreaded<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts<\/p>\n<p>Sensations<\/p>\n<p>And concerns<\/p>\n<p>Inside<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Accepting them<\/p>\n<p>Embracing them<\/p>\n<p>Unafraid and willing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Would it make a difference?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the haze<\/p>\n<p>There is no beginning<\/p>\n<p>No middle<\/p>\n<p>No end<\/p>\n<p>No light at the end of the tunnel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is an indifference<\/p>\n<p>A distance<\/p>\n<p>An apathy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Disturbing as it may be<\/p>\n<p>Not feeling<\/p>\n<p>May be dangerously appealing<\/p>\n<p>As a small price to pay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19159\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20200217_173055110_iOS-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20200217_173055110_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20200217_173055110_iOS.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sights have lost their luster Songs are no longer melodious in tune Colors are gray Lights have darkened In a haze &nbsp; My pupils lazy My mouth lame My limbs heavy &nbsp; Unable to express Unable to cry Unable to feel &nbsp; What would it take? &nbsp; To allow the dreaded Thoughts Sensations And concerns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":0,"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\/19158"}],"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=19158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19859,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19158\/revisions\/19859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}