{"id":2581,"date":"2021-10-10T19:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T19:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2021-10-10T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T19:08:46","slug":"in-the-beginning-the-slug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2581","title":{"rendered":"In the Beginning, the Slug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2582\" width=\"517\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Calder-Beginning.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alexander Calder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the Beginning, the Slug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From confusion and darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>over the deep, this \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>divine days of early fall, glitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of high blue, lush watered grass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something shimmers, the length of a necklace,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>flecks of silver, of pink, of blue almost tinsel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on the lawn like living breathing Mylar&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>delicately held by every blade of grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What could be more humble than the slug?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A snail without home on its back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secreting a minuscule rainbow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to grease its wayward path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Beginning, the Slug From confusion and darkness over the deep, this \u2014 divine days of early fall, glitter of high blue, lush watered grass.&nbsp; Something shimmers, the length of a necklace,&nbsp; flecks of silver, of pink, of blue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2581\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[860,1159,1158],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-genesis","tag-noah","tag-rainbow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4D5qU-FD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}