{"id":483,"date":"2016-06-15T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarindawrites.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2016-06-25T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T19:06:25","slug":"what-inspires-you-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarindawrites.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/15\/what-inspires-you-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"What inspires you (part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m conducting an experiment. Every month, I&#8217;ll post something of note that we can all discuss together in the comments. Think of it as a digital roundtable seminar.<\/p>\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll want to read this short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kafka-online.info\/before-the-law.html\">parable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the text is very short, I recommend reading the parable itself, but here is an abridged version of the same story narrated by Orson Welles (2 mins 56 secs):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZYugbqI3rQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And finally, here&#8217;s the opening question:<\/p>\n<p>What is the gatekeeper&#8217;s purpose?<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All, I&#8217;m conducting an experiment. Every month, I&#8217;ll post something of note that we can all discuss together in the comments. Think of it as a digital roundtable seminar. First, you&#8217;ll want to read this short parable. As the text is very short, I recommend reading the parable itself, but here is an abridged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32,1],"tags":[29,14,46,47,45,37],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clarindawrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Easter-scavenger-hunt-1st-pic-for-Camino-Post-1.jpg?fit=2448%2C2448&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ngIK-7N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1319,"url":"https:\/\/clarindawrites.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/13\/what-inspires-you-part-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":483,"position":0},"title":"What inspires you (part 4)","date":"July 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi All, I\u2019m conducting an experiment. 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