{"id":2806,"date":"2024-05-12T22:42:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=2806"},"modified":"2024-05-12T22:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:42:18","slug":"stephen-burt-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/stephen-burt-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Burt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-2807\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-986x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2807\" width=\"430\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-986x1024.jpeg 986w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-289x300.jpeg 289w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-768x798.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-1479x1536.jpeg 1479w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2024\/04\/Stephen-Burt-Momento-etching-chine-colle-10-x-10-in.-2024-1972x2048.jpeg 1972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stephen Burt, <em>Momento<\/em>, etching, chine coll\u00e9, 10 x 10 in., 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erratum: An error in printing or writing. Momento: A variant spelling of Memento\u2014a souvenir. While the spelling \u201cMomento\u201d is a common variant, in the context of the Latin phrase <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">memento mori<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014remember you must die\u2014it is an error. I found it both humorous and embarrassing that I slipped up and made this mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still the meaning is quite clear and as an image I hope it draws attention to the complexities of life. As a transition, there is not one more permanent and besides birth, none more abrupt. I believe that if we were truly aware of the short time we have on this Earth we would exercise much greater care in our relations with each other and the natural world. As a souvenir from the other side, the image has power. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erratum: An error in printing or writing. Momento: A variant spelling of Memento\u2014a souvenir. While the spelling \u201cMomento\u201d is a common variant, in the context of the Latin phrase memento mori\u2014remember you must die\u2014it is an error. I found it both humorous and embarrassing that I slipped up and made this mistake. Still the meaning [&hellip;]<\/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\/2806"}],"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=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3098,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2806\/revisions\/3098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}