{"id":2803,"date":"2024-05-12T22:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=2803"},"modified":"2024-05-12T22:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:37:51","slug":"michael-branca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/michael-branca\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Branca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large wp-image-2804\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010-1024x766.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010-768x574.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010-1536x1149.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Michael-Branca-Hope-oil-on-canvas-32-x-42-in.-2010-2048x1532.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Branca, <em>Hope<\/em>, oil on canvas, 32 x 42 in., 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimism can be hard to hold onto these days, as shortsighted human activity regularly threatens irrevocable change to our precious planet. This defiant fir sapling, sprouting from the stump of a once-logged tree, serves as a reminder that nature may yet have the final word.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimism can be hard to hold onto these days, as shortsighted human activity regularly threatens irrevocable change to our precious planet. This defiant fir sapling, sprouting from the stump of a once-logged tree, serves as a reminder that nature may yet have the final word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17782,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2803\/revisions\/3096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}