{"id":2710,"date":"2013-09-25T08:03:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T12:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2013-09-25T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T12:03:04","slug":"two-chairs-and-a-conversation-inner-peace-chair-by-becca-epstein-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/?p=2710","title":{"rendered":"Two Chairs and a Conversation: \u201cInner Peace Chair\u201d by Becca Epstein (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2732 aligncenter\" alt=\"chair1\" src=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2733 aligncenter\" alt=\"chair2\" src=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2734 aligncenter\" alt=\"chair3\" src=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2735 aligncenter\" alt=\"chair4\" src=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2737 aligncenter\" alt=\"chair5\" src=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair5.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair5-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair1.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair4.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair5.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2738 aligncenter\" alt=\"chair6\" src=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair6.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chair6-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went to a Quaker High School for three years, but it wasn&#8217;t about religion or god. It was about inner peace and meditation. I imagine this chair being used in that mindset for an intimate conversation or a group reflection similar to a Quaker meeting. Quakers sit quietly until they feel the need to speak. This is the environment I want to create. I want the sitters to be surround and close to nature \u00a0which is the reason for the low seat. I want to sitters to find inner peace and connect to the people around them. This chair can be anywhere where you can reach your hand down and stroke a blade of grass or a leaf. I chose to place the chair on a little clear grass next to the Morewood parking lot on the way to my dorm. People can stop, think, and converse here. College students and the community can find a moment of peace in the middle of their hectic lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to a Quaker High School for three years, but it wasn&#8217;t about religion or god. It was about inner peace and meditation. I imagine this chair being used in that mindset for an intimate conversation or a group reflection similar to a Quaker meeting. Quakers sit quietly until they feel the need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,14,44,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assignment","category-rhino3d-software","category-software","category-submission","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2739,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2013fall1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}