{"id":2627,"date":"2026-07-08T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:08:43","slug":"i-remember-the-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-remember-the-original\/","title":{"rendered":"I remember the original"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1575\" height=\"2487\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"I remember the original\nsensations\nBy degrees,\nI remember,\nDarkness   and\nthe light\nopaque\nliberty, no\noppressive   heat\n\n\nI\n\nI\n\nI\n\nI felt cold\nbut\nI knew\n\n\ngentle light\nradiant form\nkind of wonder.\" class=\"wp-image-2628\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-768x1213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-973x1536.jpg 973w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-1297x2048.jpg 1297w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-940x1484.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-remember-the-original.22-1-400x632.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Mia Owusu-Aritwi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember the original<br>sensations<br>By degrees,<br>I remember,<br>Darkness and<br>the light<br>opaque<br>liberty, no<br>oppressive heat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I<br><br><br>I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt cold<br>but<br>I knew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gentle light<br>radiant form<br>kind of wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mia Owusu-Aritwi I remember the originalsensationsBy degrees,I remember,Darkness andthe lightopaqueliberty, nooppressive heat I I I I felt coldbutI knew gentle lightradiant formkind of wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2627","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\/2627","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=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions\/2631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}