{"id":3072,"date":"2026-07-20T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:54:21","slug":"occupied-by-exploded-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/occupied-by-exploded-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"occupied by exploded systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1298\" height=\"2002\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems.jpg\" alt=\"A pastel illustration of bright stars and flares against a pale blue background, painted across a page of Mary Shelley&apos;s &quot;Frankenstein&quot;. Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.\" class=\"wp-image-3071\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems.jpg 1298w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems-940x1450.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/occupied-by-exploded-systems-400x617.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Ruth Hilton<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">occupied by exploded systems,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">guided by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the heavens.<br>with curiosity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I stood<br>old and beautiful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and nothing remained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nothing would or could ever be known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ruth Hilton occupied by exploded systems, guided by the heavens.with curiosity I stoodold and beautiful and nothing remained nothing would or could ever be known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":3071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3072","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\/3072","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=3072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3269,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions\/3269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}