{"id":9567,"date":"2026-01-28T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=9567"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:59:37","slug":"just-off-the-main-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/just-off-the-main-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Off the Main Road…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Wuhan \/ \u6b66\u6c49 | Qianjin rd urban village \/ \u524d\u8fdb\u8def\u5c0f\u533a<\/a>” by\u00a0toehk<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Jazz Bar People Ambience (La Fontaine, Copenhagen)<\/a>” by\u00a0MSXP<\/a>\u00a0is marked with\u00a0CC0 1.0<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The image I chose was of a street in an urban village within Wuhan, in China. The painting hanging immediately caught my eye because of the contrast between the warm red-brown frame and the blue and white painting of the birds. This photo reminds me of a lot of photos of side streets in big cities, with the worn concrete and the stripped paint showing the age of the area and the crate and cleaning supplies marking that this area, while run-down, is very much alive and not abandoned. I included the audio clip of ambient talking at a jazz cafe because the sound of jazz and faint conversation always reminds me of urban landscapes–the hustle and bustle and music and people faintly filling the background silence is comforting and warm. You might hear the sounds of the cafe from around the corner from the quiet side street of the image, especially in a big city like Wuhan, where the streets and people are all interconnected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Just Off the Main Road” by Aedan Bennett is licensed under\u00a0CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Wuhan \/ \u6b66\u6c49 | Qianjin rd urban village \/ \u524d\u8fdb\u8def\u5c0f\u533a” by\u00a0toehk\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0CC BY-SA 2.0. “Jazz Bar People Ambience (La Fontaine, Copenhagen)” by\u00a0MSXP\u00a0is marked with\u00a0CC0 1.0. The image I chose was of a street in an urban village within Wuhan,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,2],"tags":[91],"class_list":["post-9567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2026","category-student","tag-ml2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9567","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\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9570,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9567\/revisions\/9570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}