{"id":2420,"date":"2023-05-23T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2023-05-23T21:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T04:34:19","slug":"the-science-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/05\/23\/the-science-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Science of It<\/strong><\/p>\n

Put on Your
\nlab coat and
\nrun this experiment:<\/p>\n

Choose an object,
\nperhaps the cluster of
\ntulips Your
\nneighbor brought,
\nor
\nYour Persian
\nkitty pal
\ndraped across
\nthe back of
\nYour couch,
\nor
\nthe watercolor
\nrendering of
\na hummingbird
\npoised in flight,
\nor
\nThe One
\nsitting
\nacross from You,
\nimmersed in Her
\nbook about
\ngardening . . .<\/p>\n

Now,
\nturn on an imaginary
\nhose made of
\nhollow dandelion stems and
\nconnected to Your
\nbeating heart,<\/p>\n

but filled with
\nsweet Syrup de
\nAmor.<\/p>\n

Start showering
\nthe Object of
\nYour Attention.<\/p>\n

Make it mushy and
\nmaudlin and
\nmawkish and
\neven a little
\nmelancholy.<\/p>\n

Let it be
\nin your imagination
\nfor the moment,
\nbut pile it on,<\/p>\n

shimmery and
\nsun-drenched and
\nstartling in its
\nferocity.<\/p>\n

Now for
\nThe Science
\nof it:<\/p>\n

Where did it
\ncome from,
\nthis Gusher?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Mystery,
\nisn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Science of It Put on Your lab coat and run this experiment: Choose an object, perhaps the cluster of tulips Your neighbor brought, or Your Persian kitty pal draped across the back of Your couch, or the watercolor rendering of a hummingbird poised in flight, or The One sitting across from You, immersed […]<\/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-2420","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\/2420","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=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}