{"id":4037,"date":"2017-07-21T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2017-07-21T19:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T10:11:11","slug":"never-burn-but-stay-ablaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/21\/never-burn-but-stay-ablaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Never burns but stay ablaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"170721_lotus_blossom_3_600\"<\/p>\n

“Painters, poets, storytellers, return to the lotus pond! Study the light—every day!”<\/p>\n

Who said that? . . . Someone did. . . . I guess.<\/p>\n

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If you<\/em> like, you can come with me.<\/p>\n

\"170721_lotus_pond_wide_600\"<\/p>\n

Down to the pond.<\/p>\n

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Down closer.<\/p>\n

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Down to edge of the muck.<\/p>\n

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Where we’ll see the light.<\/p>\n

Maybe beneath overcast skies.<\/p>\n

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Maybe under skies of azure.<\/p>\n

But we will<\/em> see the light.<\/p>\n

\"170721_lotus_blossom_2_wide_600\"<\/p>\n

Lotus Flower<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pink petals, paper thin\u2014<\/p>\n

as thin as\u00a0our grasp on all things\u2014<\/p>\n

So full of light.<\/p>\n

How they do amaze—<\/p>\n

Never burn but stay ablaze.\u00a0 \"170721_lotus_blossom_2_600\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Painters, poets, storytellers, return to the lotus pond! Study the light—every day!” Who said that? . . . Someone did. . . . I guess. If you like, you can come with me. Down to the pond. Down closer. Down to edge of the muck. Where we’ll see the light. Maybe beneath overcast skies. Maybe … Continue reading Never burns but stay ablaze<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4037"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4051,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions\/4051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}