{"id":1726,"date":"2022-01-14T10:31:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:31:05","slug":"when-the-light-dims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1726","title":{"rendered":"When the Light Dims"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pa-2021-2022-011301-1200x1499.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This time of year, when the light dims, I tend to also feel my inner light dim. It sometimes can come on without warning, I\u2019m cruising along through the gray days feeling frisky and upbeat, and then out of the blue, the clouds descend. Now this is not some deep despair or despondency per se, but rather more of my baseline melancholia. So I have to really work at keeping my inner light glowing. I find little things help \u2014 lighting candles, sipping tea, sitting in a comfortable chair, listening to a comforting podcast, a good book, yes! Always a good book on hand, these things keep my spark from going out. And a daily walk is mandatory. I\u2019m realizing I can also add my writing practice to that list as I\u2019ve truly been enjoying it \u2014 both here, and in back and forth notes elsewhere. How about you? What little things do you do when you feel your light dimming?<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time of year, when the light dims, I tend to also feel my inner light dim. It sometimes can come on without warning, I\u2019m cruising along through the gray days feeling frisky and upbeat, and then out of the blue, the clouds descend. Now this is not some deep despair or despondency per se, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When the Light Dims&#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-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","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=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1793,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}