{"id":181,"date":"2022-08-04T14:08:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/?post_type=chapter&p=181"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:10:03","slug":"sisyphus","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/chapter\/sisyphus\/","title":{"raw":"Sisyphus","rendered":"Sisyphus"},"content":{"raw":"I\u2019ve experienced great sorrow\r\n\r\nwhile seeking innate value in life.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve reached for it in the gods,\r\n\r\nsearched for it among the stars in the night sky.\r\n\r\nPerhaps there may be some greater value\r\n\r\nbut I\u2019ve yet to say I\u2019ve found it.\r\n\r\nThough this realization is not to be mistaken as unnerving,\r\n\r\nsince the absurdity of life has provided me with peace.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve embraced this bizarre condition,\r\n\r\nthis uncertainty and chaos,\r\n\r\nthis repetition of life.\r\n\r\nThere is no need for anything greater\r\n\r\nwhen what I do have is this moment,\r\n\r\nhere and right now.\r\n\r\nI accept this nostalgia for unity\r\n\r\nby choosing to live\r\n\r\nwithout any certainty of deeper purpose.\r\n\r\nMy days have not always been lived well,\r\n\r\nthough they have always been lived fully.\r\n\r\nIf you must imagine that Sisyphus is happy,\r\n\r\nI ask you believe the same for me.","rendered":"

I\u2019ve experienced great sorrow<\/p>\n

while seeking innate value in life.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve reached for it in the gods,<\/p>\n

searched for it among the stars in the night sky.<\/p>\n

Perhaps there may be some greater value<\/p>\n

but I\u2019ve yet to say I\u2019ve found it.<\/p>\n

Though this realization is not to be mistaken as unnerving,<\/p>\n

since the absurdity of life has provided me with peace.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve embraced this bizarre condition,<\/p>\n

this uncertainty and chaos,<\/p>\n

this repetition of life.<\/p>\n

There is no need for anything greater<\/p>\n

when what I do have is this moment,<\/p>\n

here and right now.<\/p>\n

I accept this nostalgia for unity<\/p>\n

by choosing to live<\/p>\n

without any certainty of deeper purpose.<\/p>\n

My days have not always been lived well,<\/p>\n

though they have always been lived fully.<\/p>\n

If you must imagine that Sisyphus is happy,<\/p>\n

I ask you believe the same for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["jennifer-alexander"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[66],"license":[],"class_list":["post-181","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-jennifer-alexander"],"part":73,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181\/revisions\/183"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/73"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}