{"id":2622,"date":"2026-07-08T12:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:56:13","slug":"calm-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/calm-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"calm yourself."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1589\" height=\"2474\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 83 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly drawn over in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the dark background. Images of a mushroom and an ancient bust have been pasted across the blacked-out parts of the page.\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-987x1536.jpg 987w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-1315x2048.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-940x1464.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22calm-yourself.22-1-400x623.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1589px) 100vw, 1589px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Anonymous<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">calm yourself. God<br>so wretched as you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">these dark passions.<br>we lost the power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of peace and beauty,<br>every tranquil blessing<br>I fondly prized<br>every gift to chase away the<br>terror;<br>the destroyer<br>of the beauty of earth,<br>of love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes I could cope<br>by bodily<br>sensations.<br>sought<br>in the magnificence, to forget myself and<br>sorrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six years had passed I was a wreck\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anonymous calm yourself. Godso wretched as you are. these dark passions.we lost the power of peace and beauty,every tranquil blessingI fondly prizedevery gift to chase away theterror;the destroyerof the beauty of earth,of love Sometimes I could copeby bodilysensations.soughtin the magnificence, to forget myself andsorrows. Six years had passed I was a wreck\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","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\/2622","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=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3127,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions\/3127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}