{"id":216,"date":"2015-04-06T19:27:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T19:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/?p=216"},"modified":"2015-04-06T20:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T20:08:31","slug":"when-in-disgrace-with-fortune-and-mens-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"When, in disgrace with fortune and men\u2019s eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\nWhen, in disgrace with fortune and men\u2019s eyes,<br \/>\nI all alone beweep my outcast state,<br \/>\nAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,<br \/>\nAnd look upon myself and curse my fate,<br \/>\nWishing me like to one more rich in hope,<br \/>\nFeatured like him, like him with friends possessed,<br \/>\nDesiring this man\u2019s art and that man\u2019s scope,<br \/>\nWith what I most enjoy contented least;<br \/>\nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising,<br \/>\nHaply I think on thee, and then my state,<br \/>\n(Like to the lark at break of day arising<br \/>\nFrom sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven\u2019s gate;<br \/>\nFor thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings<br \/>\n       That then I scorn to change my state with kings.<br \/>\nWilliam Shakespeare Sonnet 29\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like every high-school student, I encountered Shakespeare. I dealt with his plays more than his sonnets. The ones I remember are Twelth Knight and Julius Cesar. Ironically, it was Star Trek which first introduced me to his sonnets. Specifically. Sonnet 29. It was a gift  from Picard to Data. I could always empathize with Data, the android officer,<br \/>\nhe was very different from everyone with whom he interacted on a daily basis. I wondered if Data understood why he was different. As a person with a disability, sometimes I too, &#8220;Beweep<br \/>\nmy outcast state.&#8221; Meaning is different for every person. I won&#8217;t speak for Data, but for me, this sonnet is about finding meaning in suffering and gaining strength from the quest. Its about gaining power through eschewing pity and ultimately coming to the knowledge that the road to self-actualization begins with embracing our outcast state. If we can do that, we will soon scorn to change our fate with kings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When, in disgrace with fortune and men\u2019s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man\u2019s art and that man\u2019s scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, (Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven\u2019s gate; For thy sweet love&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkin.silverfir.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}