{"id":2828,"date":"2026-07-08T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:37:56","slug":"play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/play\/","title":{"rendered":"\u25b6\ufe0e PLAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1633\" height=\"2483\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker. Various green images and clippings are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.\" class=\"wp-image-2829\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1.jpg 1633w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-1010x1536.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-1347x2048.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-940x1429.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22PLAY22-1-400x608.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1633px) 100vw, 1633px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Max Hinds<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b6\ufe0e PLAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I should attempt the creation of a being<br>like myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my operations might be<br>incessantly baffled, lest my work be imperfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the minuteness of the female parts formed a great hinderance<br>contrary to my first intention,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">collecting and arranging my materials, I began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new species would bless me as<br>its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe<br>their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so<br>completely as I should deserve theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I pursued my undertak-<br>ing with unremitting ardour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I failed;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who shall conceive the<br>horrors of my secret toil,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Max Hinds \u25b6\ufe0e PLAY I should attempt the creation of a beinglike myself my operations might beincessantly baffled, lest my work be imperfect. the minuteness of the female parts formed a great hinderancecontrary to my first intention, collecting and arranging my materials, I began. A new species would bless me asits creator and source;&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2828","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\/2828","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=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3201,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions\/3201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}