{"id":1549,"date":"2022-03-20T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2022-03-20T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:56:14","slug":"backstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/03\/20\/backstage\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bennoptic-uBpu1R97rk-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bennoptic-uBpu1R97rk-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bennoptic-uBpu1R97rk-unsplash.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bennoptic-uBpu1R97rk-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Backstage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Sometimes<br \/>\nwhen I encounter<br \/>\nYou<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I like to<br \/>\nImagine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">how long<br \/>\nit has taken<br \/>\nYou<br \/>\nto prepare to<br \/>\nplay the<br \/>\nCharacter<br \/>\nthat is<br \/>\nYou.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">It\u2019s a mystery,<br \/>\nThe Mystery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Sometimes<br \/>\nwe get lucky,<br \/>\nby meditating, or<br \/>\nfinding the perfect<br \/>\nwoodland trail, or<br \/>\nthe perfect<br \/>\ncoffeeshop,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">and we are<br \/>\nallowed<br \/>\nBackstage,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">where we see<br \/>\nthe costumes<br \/>\nand the sets and<br \/>\nthe props<br \/>\nbeing spun<br \/>\nout of light,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">and we feel<br \/>\nthe Love<br \/>\nthat creates<br \/>\nthe Art<br \/>\nthat forms<br \/>\nthe Stagecraft<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">that has<br \/>\nproduced this<br \/>\nScene<br \/>\nwhere I encounter<br \/>\nYou.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>(Photo by Bennoptic; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Backstage Sometimes when I encounter You I like to Imagine how long it has taken You to prepare to play the Character that is You. It\u2019s a mystery, The Mystery. Sometimes we get lucky, by meditating, or finding the perfect woodland trail, or the perfect coffeeshop, and we are allowed Backstage, where we see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}