{"id":1004,"date":"2025-11-21T22:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2025-11-21T22:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:01:34","slug":"chromatic-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1004","title":{"rendered":"Chromatic Curiosity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a09418485b7e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a09418485b7e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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