{"id":2178,"date":"2014-02-14T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2017-02-01T20:29:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T20:29:10","slug":"what-i-learned-crosswalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Learned in the Crosswalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This post has been deleted by the author.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first.  Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, &#8220;no&#8211;you&#8217;ll die.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1679,"featured_media":2180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,490,462],"tags":[536,570,161,573,572,571,574],"class_list":["post-2178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seattle","category-theory","category-worlding","tag-anarchy","tag-crosswalk","tag-disenchantment","tag-ensorcellement","tag-liberation","tag-punk","tag-spell-breaking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What I Learned in the Crosswalk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first. Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, &quot;no--you&#039;ll die.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What I Learned in the Crosswalk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first. Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, &quot;no--you&#039;ll die.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Sense of Place\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-14T08:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-01T20:29:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/310\/2014\/02\/claw.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3264\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2448\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rhyd Wildermuth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rhyd Wildermuth\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/\",\"name\":\"What I Learned in the Crosswalk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-14T08:00:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-01T20:29:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#\/schema\/person\/105b3b1dc25c2e0e156619f2a1c311c6\"},\"description\":\"Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first. Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, \\\"no--you'll die.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What I Learned in the Crosswalk\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/\",\"name\":\"A Sense of Place\",\"description\":\"Pagans encounter the land beneath their feet\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#\/schema\/person\/105b3b1dc25c2e0e156619f2a1c311c6\",\"name\":\"Rhyd Wildermuth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/daa8773b7317180f69987f4ff3434ab0?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/daa8773b7317180f69987f4ff3434ab0?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Rhyd Wildermuth\"},\"description\":\"An intractable tea-swilling leftist-punk bard, Rhyd Wildermuth has left bits of his heart(h) everywhere\u2014in a satyr\u2019s den in Berlin, hanging from an elder tree over a holy well in Bretagne, scattered in back alleys of Seattle, and lost somewhere in the bottom of his rucksack. He\u2019s devoted to Welsh gods, breathes words, makes candles, plays recorder, fumbles with tech, and refuses ever to learn to drive. He also writes at paganarch.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/paganarch.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/author\/rhyd\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What I Learned in the Crosswalk","description":"Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first. Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, \"no--you'll die.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What I Learned in the Crosswalk","og_description":"Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first. Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, \"no--you'll die.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/","og_site_name":"A Sense of Place","article_published_time":"2014-02-14T08:00:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-02-01T20:29:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"3264","height":"2448","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/310\/2014\/02\/claw.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rhyd Wildermuth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rhyd Wildermuth"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/","name":"What I Learned in the Crosswalk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-02-14T08:00:19+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-01T20:29:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#\/schema\/person\/105b3b1dc25c2e0e156619f2a1c311c6"},"description":"Sometimes we need someone to free us from a spell by breaking out of it first. Small radical acts can become revolutionary, even when all signals say, \"no--you'll die.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/2014\/02\/what-i-learned-crosswalk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What I Learned in the Crosswalk"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/","name":"A Sense of Place","description":"Pagans encounter the land beneath their feet","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#\/schema\/person\/105b3b1dc25c2e0e156619f2a1c311c6","name":"Rhyd Wildermuth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/daa8773b7317180f69987f4ff3434ab0?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/daa8773b7317180f69987f4ff3434ab0?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Rhyd Wildermuth"},"description":"An intractable tea-swilling leftist-punk bard, Rhyd Wildermuth has left bits of his heart(h) everywhere\u2014in a satyr\u2019s den in Berlin, hanging from an elder tree over a holy well in Bretagne, scattered in back alleys of Seattle, and lost somewhere in the bottom of his rucksack. He\u2019s devoted to Welsh gods, breathes words, makes candles, plays recorder, fumbles with tech, and refuses ever to learn to drive. He also writes at paganarch.com.","sameAs":["http:\/\/paganarch.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/author\/rhyd\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1679"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/asenseofplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}