{"id":567,"date":"2020-04-07T14:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/?p=567"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:55:12","slug":"sustained-hope-through-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/lguerrer\/sustained-hope-through-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustained Hope Through Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As time progresses and religious holy days approach, I started to think more about the importance of Easter and faith, especially during the global pause that CO-VID 19 has caused. My family, the majority of family friends, have a strong hold on faith that I can see both at home and around our community.<\/p>\n

At home, I have noticed how my parents, regular Sunday mass-goers, have turned to prayer. Everyday there is a regular time for gathering and praying, as well as tuning in for the daily services held by Pope Francis in Rome.<\/p>\n

Around my neighborhood I have also noticed how religion is an important part life for many other families. From Lenten and Easter decorations and symbols of faith on houses, front yards, windows… I appreciate the time people take to remind themselves as well as others of the importance of faith, a sign of hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

I start with a photo of Clinton, my dog, because the virus has been a consistent reminder of how we must stay inside – including him – and do our part<\/span>\u00a0even as the days become more pleasant. I’ve tried to then capture moments from rituals I have noticed at home, sights during walks in the neighborhood, the uplifting messages of other neighbors and the hopeful progression of spring. At the moment, I feel the consistency in my family is holding on to the <\/span>comfort of being together and the <\/span>realness of our faith as the world tackles the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As time progresses and religious holy days approach, I started to think more about the importance of Easter and faith, especially during the global pause that CO-VID 19 has caused. My family, the majority of family friends, have a strong hold on faith that I can see both at home and around our community. At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1068,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-making-it-real"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1068"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-1401-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}