{"id":2337,"date":"2026-06-28T10:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:23:07","slug":"arrow-slits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/2026\/06\/28\/arrow-slits\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrow Slits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/269_2026_0223_142835_DeadTree_Small-1024x635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/269_2026_0223_142835_DeadTree_Small-1024x635.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/269_2026_0223_142835_DeadTree_Small-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/269_2026_0223_142835_DeadTree_Small-768x476.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/269_2026_0223_142835_DeadTree_Small.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrow slits have to be narrow to protect the defenders of the castle.<br>Any wider and they will be exposed to dangers from outside.<br>Being narrow is what they are for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>I am a person who\u2026<br>I see the world through the arrow slit of my self-definition.<br>Relevant images and metaphors draw my eye.<br>A living wood turns into Golgotha<br>with dead trees supporting crucifixions.<br>The fewer the parameters &#8211; the more important they become.<br>If all I know about myself is that I am a Christian,<br>I would be willing to die for it.<br>Or kill for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>After all,<br>arrow slits are<br>for shooting out of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrow slits have to be narrow to protect the defenders of the castle.Any wider and they will be exposed to dangers from outside.Being narrow is what they are for. I am a person who\u2026I see the world through the arrow slit of my self-definition.Relevant images and metaphors draw my eye.A living wood turns into Golgothawith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[378,55,19,23,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2339,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}