{"id":142,"date":"2026-02-02T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/?post_type=project&#038;p=142"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:01:08","slug":"growing-up","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/project\/growing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"texteditor-inline-color\">Growing up\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"texteditor-inline-color\">This piece symbolizes personal growth and changing perspective over time. As the stack of books rises, the volumes become more worn and thematically mature, accompanied by objects that represent different stages of life. Through this work, I explored how symbolism and metaphor can convey deeper emotional and developmental meaning.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Image-29.jpeg\" alt=\"Metaphor\" title=\"Growing Up Illustration\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Image-29.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Image-29-980x1036.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Image-29-480x507.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-51\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"project_category":[6,13],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-142","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-illustration","project_category-portfolio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/142\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-art.org\/emmakim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}