{"id":1557,"date":"2022-07-11T20:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T01:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?page_id=1557"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:43:03","slug":"showcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Palimpsest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized has-small-font-size\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"24\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?attachment_id=24\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cimg8550.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EX-Z75&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1169887192&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cimg8550\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cimg8550.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cimg8550.jpg?resize=1600%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" style=\"width:472px;height:354px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">  <em>Take a walk with Whitman &amp; Thoreau<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:18px\" class=\"gutenakitid-ee608c89-9e8e-44a5-8c03-2c7b247b2653 wp-block-paragraph\" > <em>I never intended to be what I have become.  Even to this day it is a profound mystery that I am here doing this.  But there you have it.  <\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:18px\" class=\"gutenakitid-ee608c89-9e8e-44a5-8c03-2c7b247b2653 wp-block-paragraph\" > <em>I spend my days trying to express myself, to explain myself, to excuse myself and (in the end, while attempting to accomplish these insurmountable challenges) to examine myself.  It has been a humbling experience for I am not what I once thought I was.  While prepared for the answer, I was not prepared for the consequences.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:19px\"><em>In the end I am simply a storyteller in need of an audience and, if no audience is willing to listen, I will simply recite my work to the moon, the stars and the empty sky.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gutenakitid-fa0f40b1-0c5b-4052-81b5-8cf5eb95daab  has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why Palimpsest? <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?p=4992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>You can select all of my pieces by <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gutenakitid-7cc1fd58-a720-4b42-8c59-ea2a5a866192  has-text-align-center 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