{"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":"2026-07-20T16:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:52:15","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=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly drawn over in dark teal marker, with small stars drawn in white pen over the large brushstrokes. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the drawn-over background. The boarder is collaged over with torn papers in various shades of blue, with small white hearts drawn on top.\" 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":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions\/3123"}],"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}]}}