{"id":701,"date":"2011-10-01T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.us\/blog\/?p=701"},"modified":"2011-10-01T14:12:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T21:12:12","slug":"have-we-lost-the-spark-interview-with-john-glenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/art\/mfa-thesis\/have-we-lost-the-spark-interview-with-john-glenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Have we lost the spark? 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