{"id":2612,"date":"2026-07-08T12:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:53:34","slug":"existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/existence\/","title":{"rendered":"existence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1552\" height=\"2479\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"existence:   suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disap-\npointments; yet,\n\n\nyou smile\nYou\n\n\nare, therefore,\nextraordinary\n\n\nso immeasurably above any\nother person I knew.\npower of judgment;\ncauses things,\na facility of expression, and a\n\n\nmemory of these evils\nyou have won me to alter my determination.\nhope\nI do not know   the relation of my\ndisasters   yet,\nI am,\n\n\nusually deemed marvellous.\nI might fear\nridicule; but   things will\nprovoke\nthe laughter\nI    convey\" class=\"wp-image-2613\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1.jpg 1552w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-641x1024.jpg 641w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-768x1227.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-962x1536.jpg 962w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-1282x2048.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-940x1501.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22existence.22-1-400x639.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1552px) 100vw, 1552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Charlotte Cox<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">existence: suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disap-<br>pointments; yet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">you smile<br>You<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">are, therefore,<br>extraordinary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so immeasurably above any<br>other person I knew.<br>power of judgment;<br>causes things,<br>a facility of expression, and a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">memory of these evils<br>you have won me to alter my determination.<br>hope<br>I do not know the relation of my<br>disasters yet,<br>I am,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">usually deemed marvellous.<br>I might fear<br>ridicule; but things will<br>provoke<br>the laughter<br>I convey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charlotte Cox existence: suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disap-pointments; yet, you smileYou are, therefore,extraordinary so immeasurably above anyother person I knew.power of judgment;causes things,a facility of expression, and a memory of these evilsyou have won me to alter my determination.hopeI do not know the relation of mydisasters yet,I am, usually deemed marvellous.I might&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}