{"id":1203,"date":"2021-01-13T21:50:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2021-01-28T23:21:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T23:21:36","slug":"ebb-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Ebb Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-1200x1500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pa-2021-011301-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>I have all kinds of ideas for posts running through my thoughts, but when it comes down to writing the words out, I sometimes draw a blank. Such is writer\u2019s block, something I know well. One of the lessons I\u2019ve learned as a writer is that, like everything else in our daily personal journeys, there is always an ebb and flow. <br \/>In the case of writer\u2019s block (and just about everything else), once I surrender to that awareness, allow myself to experience whatever phase it is, and if the ebb tide, just stop to enjoy the pause, and if anything, move my hands and feet with stitch work, knitting, an Edward Gorey jigsaw puzzle, dancing, walking, etc. \u2014 before long I end up back in the flow I so desire to be in. I am finding this Wednesday to be a good day for that pause. Besides, pauses and the art of daydreaming are two skills it is always a good thing to practice.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have all kinds of ideas for posts running through my thoughts, but when it comes down to writing the words out, I sometimes draw a blank. Such is writer\u2019s block, something I know well. One of the lessons I\u2019ve learned as a writer is that, like everything else in our daily personal journeys, there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ebb Tide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[631],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}