{"id":6233,"date":"2022-04-12T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?post_type=books&#038;p=6233"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:47:36","slug":"going-within","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/going-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Within"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Publication date:<\/strong>\u00a0May 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Editor:\u00a0<\/strong>Cynthia Pelayo, Gerardo Pelayo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cover Art:<\/strong>\u00a0Kealan Patrick Burke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT\u00a0<em>GOING WITHIN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An essay about finding the seed of my creative spirit and a community to help nurture it.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns6233_7d3fab-17{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns6233_7d3fab-17 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns6233_7d3fab-17 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6233_7d3fab-17 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6233_7d3fab-17 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6233_7d3fab-17 .kt-btn-wrap-0 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Places to hide from trouble. Where we build ourselves anew. Places that inspire us to delve deep, to hone our imaginations so we can face the trials and tribulations that challenge us. When the pandemic hit and severed our ties to that sanctuary we\u2019d created together\u2014that haven of collective belonging, where even in the gathering darkness, we found kinship that carried us through shadow\u2014it was a loss that made us all feel vulnerable; myself included.<\/em><\/p><cite>\u00a9 MARY RAJOTTE<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My personal essay, Going Within, is featured in the StokerCon 2022 Souvenir Book published by Burial Day Books ABOUT\u00a0GOING WITHIN An essay about finding the seed of my creative spirit and a community to help nurture it. 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