{"id":4856,"date":"2024-01-23T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=4856"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T21:33:49","slug":"it-was-a-dark-stormy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/it-was-a-dark-stormy\/","title":{"rendered":"It was a dark &amp; stormy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/lightning-strike-at-night-uu-Jw5SunYI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2079\" height=\"1169\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited.jpg 2079w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-520x292.jpg 520w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/max-larochelle-uu-Jw5SunYI-unsplash-edited-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2079px) 100vw, 2079px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@maxlarochelle?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Max LaRochelle<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/lightning-strike-at-night-uu-Jw5SunYI?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a>. Free to use under the <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/license\">Unsplash license<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Darkling by KevinMacLeod\" width=\"740\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F333872546&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=740\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/on.soundcloud.com\/P3ATM\">Darkling<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kevin-9-1\">Kevin McLeod<\/a> is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Licensed under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License<\/a><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I started working on plotting this last week after class &#8212; and after some of the bad weather &#8212; where I was thinking about the thunderstorm we had had that morning. However, my brother was sending me photos of the hiking spots we used to go to. Vickery Creek Mill was completely frozen over, the Sweetwater Creek ruins were iced up, and even Amicolola Falls were partially frozen! This was always my favorite time of year to go hiking with my wife, brother, and sister-in-law when I still lived in that area, and these were all our favorite spots, just as we liked to go up and view them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this image wasn&#8217;t exactly what I was seeing out my office window during the storm, it was relatively close to the way I was feeling at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enhancement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The music enhances the image, giving it a sense of dread and foreboding. The crashing booms in the music can almost be the thunder of the storm. The music is as capricious as a thunderstorm can be and at times as finicky as any dark mood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selection I started working on plotting this last week after class &#8212; and after some of the bad weather &#8212; where I was thinking about the thunderstorm we had had that morning. 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