{"id":12720,"date":"2017-07-06T10:34:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/?page_id=12720"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:33:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:33:57","slug":"iii-the-longing-to-see","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/iii-the-longing-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"III. The Longing to See"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13693\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2017\/07\/DSC07324-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13693 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2017\/07\/DSC07324-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2017\/07\/DSC07324-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2017\/07\/DSC07324-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2017\/07\/DSC07324-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:80%\">Photo Credit: Malcolm Cochran<\/div>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><p>After he told his friends in sadness<br \/>\nthe poetry had stopped, he discovered<br \/>\non his computer the beautiful poems<br \/>\nhe once abandoned, staying up<br \/>\nfor a whole night in the excitement<br \/>\nof finishing them.This was the way<br \/>\nhe began again, learning though his own<br \/>\nfailures how the despair of giving up<br \/>\ncan open the heart to poetry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; 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