{"id":1972,"date":"2011-11-30T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2011-11-30T08:59:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T12:59:24","slug":"why-do-we-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We Write?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1980 lazyload\" title=\"SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/202;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1980\" title=\"SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SanM-de-Escalada-D7186sAR.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo Credit<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>San Miguel de Escalada<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradoxplace.com\/Photo%20Pages\/Spain\/Camino_de_Santiago\/Camino.htm\">http:\/\/www.paradoxplace.com\/Photo%20Pages\/Spain\/Camino_de_Santiago\/Camino.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Why do we write?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To find the shadow of ourselves in the faces of our characters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To explore times where we have never been, places that we will never see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To discover what is lost, to heal what is broken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To walk the road to Santiago, to begin a quest, to see the face of God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are other reasons, as many as there are visible stars in the sky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But for today, these reasons are enough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit San Miguel de Escalada http:\/\/www.paradoxplace.com\/Photo%20Pages\/Spain\/Camino_de_Santiago\/Camino.htm Why do we write? To find the shadow of ourselves in the faces of our characters. To explore times where we have never been, places that we will never see. To discover what is lost, to heal what is broken. 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