{"id":26431,"date":"2025-01-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=26431"},"modified":"2025-01-12T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:34:09","slug":"capturing-campus-dying-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2025\/01\/19\/capturing-campus-dying-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"Capturing Campus: Dying Ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Content warning: Suicide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dying Ritual<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put on shoes\u2014your best ones\u2013or regular ones; tie them tight for white toes and pink ankles; start walking; walk with purpose, on a time crunch to nowhere; cross the street; watch for cars; don\u2019t trip; remember not to trip; not tripping is important; round the corner at the stop sign; there\u2019s a bird on a wire; don\u2019t stare because that would be rude; keep walking; another turn; do you remember where you\u2019re going; reach the gate; bend your spine; duck beneath; don\u2019t let a car snag your side; up the elevator; press down; top floor; wait a moment; think of nothing in particular; wait some more; the doors shutter open; step onto the roof; find the courage; take a step; remember your shoes are tied; take another step; look at a bird, which could be the old one but isn\u2019t; take a large step; how would one know if it is the same bird; take a larger one; <em>step step step<\/em> onto the ledge; is anybody watching; watch the bird that hasn\u2019t budged; move an inch, a couple more; how many centimeters is an inch; the wind is cold; breathe a breath; make it good; don\u2019t go slowly; say a prayer; don\u2019t go slowly; don\u2019t look down; but do; should you look down; is that what people do; look down and fall\u2014or don\u2019t; you\u2019ll see it through tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan-19-759x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26432\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7412109375;width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan-19-759x1024.png 759w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan-19-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan-19-768x1036.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jan-19.png 776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content warning: Suicide Dying Ritual Put on shoes\u2014your best ones\u2013or regular ones; tie them tight for white toes and pink ankles; start walking; walk with purpose, on a time crunch to nowhere; cross the street; watch for cars; don\u2019t trip; remember not to trip; not tripping is important; round the corner at the stop sign; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":25727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2034,2148,1520,34,281,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431"}],"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=26431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26433,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431\/revisions\/26433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}