{"id":2673,"date":"2021-12-12T20:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T20:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2021-12-12T20:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T20:19:14","slug":"what-asked-to-come-back-from-the-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2673","title":{"rendered":"What Asked to Come Back from the Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2674\" width=\"375\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3611-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One charming cliche pops up when you are going on a trip \u2014 people ask, can you pack me in your suitcase?&nbsp; When you\u2019re returning, it\u2019s a moot point.&nbsp; Or is it?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wouldn\u2019t have known it when I was boarding the plane, but now that I\u2019ve unpacked and am reorienting, certain things did ask to come back.\u00a0 I\u2019d call them mute things.\u00a0 They are live elements that I encountered, with which I shared space and shared alert, vibrant moments. \u00a0 They are inanimate but have subtle voice and life. \u00a0 These things called and intersected my perception.\u00a0  They cracked open staleness, cracked open language that was carrying pragmatic messages without carrying surprise, and winged across the abyss.  Many, many aesthetic happenings that happened inside and out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The energy of traffic that moves like the ocean\u2019s surf, its waves of energy roaring forward, pulling back, lulled by a lazy club beat.&nbsp; A dull blue bucket in moonlight as an old woman lowers it on a pulley from her terrace.&nbsp; Active volcanos that grow like children and move towards the sea. The soft bee sound of motorbikes.&nbsp; Color that is there beyond us. &nbsp; A recognition of the brilliant chaos that swarms us, reminding us that we are participants but not masters.&nbsp; If we listen, we get it.&nbsp; They travel with us.&nbsp; Carry on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One charming cliche pops up when you are going on a trip \u2014 people ask, can you pack me in your suitcase?&nbsp; When you\u2019re returning, it\u2019s a moot point.&nbsp; Or is it?&nbsp; &nbsp; I wouldn\u2019t have known it when I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=2673\">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":[1184,1186,1185,138,1187,15],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aesthetic-happening","tag-awareness","tag-consciousness","tag-poetry","tag-thisness","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4D5qU-H7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673","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=2673"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2680,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions\/2680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}