{"id":934,"date":"2010-02-12T20:26:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T02:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=934"},"modified":"2010-07-16T06:40:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T06:40:31","slug":"muse-mind-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2010\/02\/muse-mind-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s in Control Here Anyway (Not Me)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Muse winds its way around hidden obstacles and keeps me from stubbing my toes in dark. Thanks Muse-Dudette.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think all those jigsaw puzzles I obsessed over last summer had anything to do with art, but they did. Same with those huge collections of found things. (Especially the rocks.) And now, as can be seen here, I&#8217;m having a passionate affair with mind maps.<\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s a map that was generated in a fit of self-reflection about how all roads lead to art.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1227\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muse.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1227\" title=\"Muse Mind Map\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muse-300x202.jpg?resize=300%2C202\" alt=\"Muse Mind Map\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muse.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muse.jpg?resize=1024%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muse.jpg?w=1226&amp;ssl=1 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muse Mind Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Muse winds its way around hidden obstacles and keeps me from stubbing my toes in dark. 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And now, as can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2010\/02\/muse-mind-map\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who&#8217;s in Control Here Anyway (Not Me)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-diddle-dee-dee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who&#039;s in Control Here Anyway (Not Me) - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2010\/02\/muse-mind-map\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who&#039;s in Control Here Anyway (Not Me) - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Muse winds its way around hidden obstacles and keeps me from stubbing my toes in dark. 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