{"id":19,"date":"2007-10-24T07:09:49","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T12:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2007-10-24T07:09:49","modified_gmt":"2007-10-24T12:09:49","slug":"inverted-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"013. inverted torches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200710G13.jpg\" alt=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200710G11.jpg\" alt=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200710G14.jpg\" alt=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200402B12.jpg\" alt=\"Inverted torch, Recoleta Cemetery\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Life is often represented in religious art as a flame&#8212;a source of illumination &amp; warmth. An eternal flame takes this notion one step further. But sooner or later all flames burn out. Turning a torch upside down will extinguish the flame due to lack of oxygen &amp; is a poignant way of representing death.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Inverted torches are one of the most common symbols in cemeteries worldwide. Whether in pairs, crossed or standing alone, they remind us that someone&#8217;s flame has gone out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is often represented in religious art as a flame&#8212;a source of illumination &amp; warmth. An eternal flame takes this notion one step further. But&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=19\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">013. inverted torches<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-symbols","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}