{"id":30190,"date":"2025-05-19T09:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=30190"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:07:52","slug":"connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/05\/connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30191\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370-758x1024.jpg 758w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370-222x300.jpg 222w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370-768x1038.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370-1137x1536.jpg 1137w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370-1515x2048.jpg 1515w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000008370.jpg 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After three years of pretty steady effort, I still enjoy making these little cross stitch pieces. This is the second time I have made this one because I gave away the first and I was lonely without it. I really love its composition, colors, and meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I read something interesting about this detail from Michaelangelo&#8217;s Sistine Chapel painting. God&#8217;s hand is on the right, Adam&#8217;s is on the left. The attitude of God&#8217;s finger is extended, reaching, while man&#8217;s is relaxed. Man must choose to reach out to God, who is anxious and ready to connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connection is the goal. We can do this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After three years of pretty steady effort, I still enjoy making these little cross stitch pieces. This is the second time I have made this one because I gave away the first and I was lonely without it. I really love its composition, colors, and meaning. I read something interesting about this detail from Michaelangelo&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/05\/connect\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Connect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-life-according-to-angela","category-miniature-masterpieces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30194,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30190\/revisions\/30194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}