{"id":4650,"date":"2024-01-18T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2024-01-18T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:13:52","slug":"a-white-picket-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/a-white-picket-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"A White Picket Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fence on Elm Street<\/a> by Paul VanDerWerf<\/a> is licensed under CC-BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Car Crash<\/a> by YleArkisto<\/a> is licensed under CC-BY 3.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you see a home with white picket fence, you’re probably imagining the big happy family living inside. You might even imagine some kids playing in this yard or dogs running around protected by the safety of the fence. At least that is what a fence is supposed to provide- safety, protection, and boundaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mind, however, always goes to the poor house at the end of the street where I grew up. Their white picket fence was always being knocked down by cars going too fast around the bend. In just a few seconds, the idea of a fence being protection is shattered. The fence had to be repaired almost every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fence on Elm Street<\/a> by Paul VanDerWerf<\/a> has a slightly dreary underlying tone to the image as the grass and trees are practically all dead. Even with the sad wintry photo, you might still imagine a happy family inside curled up by a fire with hot cocoa. This photo paired with the audio Car Crash<\/a> by YleArkisto<\/a> gives what could still be happy and uplifting imagery of a house with a white picket fence, a more serious and negative tone. The sound of a speeding car trying to come to a stop, followed by a crash tells the story of the white picket fence that I knew growing up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fence on Elm Street by Paul VanDerWerf is licensed under CC-BY 2.0 Car Crash by YleArkisto is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 When you see a home with white picket fence, you’re probably imagining the big happy family living inside. You...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student","tag-cc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}