{"id":1029,"date":"2020-12-28T21:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2021-02-22T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:05:15","slug":"cast-no-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/12\/28\/cast-no-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast No Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-28-2020-Cast-No-Shadow-1.jpg-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-28-2020-Cast-No-Shadow-1.jpg-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-28-2020-Cast-No-Shadow-1.jpg-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-28-2020-Cast-No-Shadow-1.jpg-1-214x270.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/audio\/Cast%20No%20Shadow.m4a?_t=1609190813\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.3\">Cast No Shadow<br>\u00a0<br>A candle\u2019s flame casts no shadow<br>the only thing it means to do<br>is to suffuse dark with its Light<br>so we will not wander in gloom<br>and terrified of our Journey.<br>\u00a0<br>I look up. There, spread above me<br>weave intricate canopies where<br>bright starshine showers liquid light<br>onto the forest\u2019s floor and the<br>light of the moon pools, joyfully.<br>\u00a0<br>Whether you or I notice these<br>beauties becomes irrelevant<br>for them ~ it is enough to Be<br>even when others never look,<br>never take note of their Magic.<br>\u00a0<br>They simply do what they do best.<br>\u00a0<br>The value of a thing often<br>remains invisible, hidden<br>until Found Eyes fall upon it.<br>Significance and meaning rests<br>in open eyes of Beholders.<br>\u00a0<br>She who sees, still knows no comfort.<br>She who knows, still sees no relief.<br>How can no compassion exist?<br>In the end, is it Memory<br>which might save us from our worst selves?<br>\u00a0<br>We simply do the best we can\u2026.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>by Barbara Helvey Hughes, 12-28-2020<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1035,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}