{"id":1391,"date":"2004-01-12T23:51:52","date_gmt":"2004-01-13T04:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/closing_thought"},"modified":"2004-01-12T23:51:52","modified_gmt":"2004-01-13T04:51:52","slug":"closing_thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Closing thoughts for the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever our uncertainties, we all hope for those moments when we exceed our most ambitious goals. Those are the moments our dreams become reality and our work becomes an inspiration for others to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The world needs more artists. They are vital to any civilization, for without art a civilization is truly dead. <\/p>\n<p>It is important that talent be recognized and encouraged, because an artist&#8217;s work will inspire others to create in their turn. <\/p>\n<p>I was moved beyond words when I saw <i>Burning Bush<\/i> by Fred First. It bore this caption: <i>January snow and rime ice overnight have set the world to cold flame in first light. <br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Fred has outdone himself and may have launched another career with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com\/archives\/001826.html\">photo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Fred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever our uncertainties, we all hope for those moments when we exceed our most ambitious goals. Those are the moments our dreams become reality and our work becomes an inspiration for others to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The world needs more artists. They are vital to any civilization, for without art a civilization is truly dead. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1391\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1783],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-mr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}