{"id":469,"date":"2017-04-18T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2017-04-18T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:57:31","slug":"coming-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"Coming Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/?attachment_id=470\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?fit=3300%2C2200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3300,2200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1470164916&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hikers3\u00a9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?fit=625%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-470 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?resize=625%2C417\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethbowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hikers3%C2%A9.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s a concept that is fully\u00a0grasped as it is happening. 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