{"id":3218,"date":"2021-12-13T07:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2021-12-13T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:55:20","slug":"altered-horizons-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/altered-horizons-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Horizons 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYou look radiant,\u201d an old friend told me just as I was thinking about how horribly ancient and spent she, herself, looked. How she looked didn\u2019t really matter though. After years of not seeing her, it was clear she was still an inspiration to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

They say you attract what you radiate. I\u2019ve always appreciated people who exude warmth and positivity. And I\u2019ve always wished I could have an uplifting effect on those around me. But, of all the things one could radiate\u2014warmth, positive energy, joy and happiness, peace, light, …love\u2014I\u2019m pretty sure I suck up or drain more than I radiate.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Photoshop, after a photo shoot at Cornell\u2019s Hydroplant, I warped the image of a well-used mop into a furrowed field, and positioned a pile of old hose over it to be some sort of heavenly body, perhaps an alien planet. Something other than a sun, since it wasn\u2019t reflecting or radiating anything.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“You look radiant,” an old friend told me just as I was thinking about how horribly ancient and spent she, herself, looked. How she looked didn’t really matter though. After years of not seeing her, it was clear she was still an inspiration to me. They say you attract what you radiate. I’ve always appreciated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[2254],"tags":[2334,438,705,2271,976,2297,2285,2332,2270,2255,2333],"class_list":["post-3218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-h","tag-altered-horizons-30","tag-coping-with-loss","tag-dealing-with-depression","tag-fabricated-landscapes","tag-grief-and-loss","tag-photoshop-for-healing","tag-phototherapy","tag-radiating-positive-energy","tag-upended-life","tag-upside-down-world","tag-you-attract-what-you-radiate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t