{"id":1181,"date":"2009-04-24T08:07:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T14:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=1181"},"modified":"2009-04-24T08:07:18","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T14:07:18","slug":"the-questioning-heart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=1181","title":{"rendered":"the questioning heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=1181\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>3\/27\/09<br \/>\nSan Diego<\/p>\n<p>Slow Brewing Words<br \/>\nInstigated by others afflicted<br \/>\nBy the gift, the one that sets us apart and together,<br \/>\nSolitude like air, needed to breathe and fuel for the fire<\/p>\n<p>A sigh for relief, a salute, a prayer, praise<br \/>\nThe room to breathe makes it possible to hear the space<br \/>\nBetween the notes<br \/>\nThe connection, the phrasing of spirit<br \/>\nJumbled flavor light and shadow, the bright attack of a note<br \/>\nStops all observation, yes, yes,<br \/>\nThe connection between passions, sound and words,<br \/>\nThe art of a life, imperfect, human,<br \/>\nThe way to feel the divine<br \/>\nNot through perfection but the touch of fingers that often fail<br \/>\nBut also find the sky.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what the trick is to using this repaired heart,<br \/>\nThe same one that cared and broke and ached<br \/>\nThrough the other seasons, the same one that slowed<br \/>\nAnd nearly failed because I didn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/27\/09 San Diego Slow Brewing Words Instigated by others afflicted By the gift, the one that sets us apart and together, Solitude like air, needed to breathe and fuel for the fire A sigh for relief, a salute, a prayer, praise The room to breathe makes it possible to hear the space Between the notes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-j3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}