{"id":29432,"date":"2019-02-24T23:07:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T04:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/?p=29432"},"modified":"2019-02-24T23:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T04:07:48","slug":"atwood-you-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/2019\/02\/24\/atwood-you-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwood: &#8220;You Begin&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2Fhand.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chisnell.com%2Fpodcasts%2F2019%2F02%2F24%2Fatwood-you-begin%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast (questions-posed): <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/content.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/hand.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=29432-questions-posed');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/content.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/hand.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"hand.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('29432-questions-posed');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_29432-questions-posed\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_29432-questions-posed_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2Fhand.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chisnell.com%2Fpodcasts%2F2019%2F02%2F24%2Fatwood-you-begin%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Joana, Sydney, and Spencer find the psychological dimensions of Atwood&#8217;s work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/02\/atwood.jpg&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>You Begin<\/strong><\/span><br \/><em>Margaret Atwood<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You begin this way:<br \/>this is your hand,<br \/>this is your eye,<br \/>that is a fish, blue and flat<br \/>on the paper, almost<br \/>the shape of an eye.<br \/>This is your mouth, this is an O<br \/>or a moon, whichever<br \/>you like. 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