{"id":8870,"date":"2019-03-16T05:54:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T12:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=8870"},"modified":"2019-03-16T05:56:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T12:56:15","slug":"mesmerica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=8870","title":{"rendered":"Mesmerica"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I write<\/strong>, it&#8217;s almost always about an event in the past, usually three to six months later. It&#8217;s rare for me to write about anything in perceived &#8220;real time&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the exception, as I attended James Hood&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jameshood.com\/mesmerica\">Mesmerica<\/a> at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3780\" height=\"3024\" data-attachment-id=\"8873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=8873\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?fit=3780%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3780,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;354&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1552670927&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?fit=640%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?fit=940%2C752&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?w=3780&amp;ssl=1 3780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?resize=684%2C547&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?resize=336%2C269&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236-1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A sensory and auditory experience<\/strong> that truly let ones mind become free. I found my muscles relax, stress melt away, and new and happy thoughts run through my brain as the images before me stimulated my senses in profound ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was so relaxed that I sadly left my CD of the show on the seat.  But the experience was whole heartedly worth that little misstep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sit back and breathe, the journey is about to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HKksYzgAmSA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I write, it&#8217;s almost always about an event in the past, usually three to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowqprcCw:productID":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7315],"tags":[589476282,24592,589476548,18,80077,4207],"class_list":["post-8870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","tag-a-day-in-the-life","tag-arizona","tag-mesmerica","tag-music","tag-phoenix","tag-solo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-574388927.725236.jpg?fit=3780%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99I7P-2j4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8875,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870\/revisions\/8875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}