{"id":1051,"date":"2015-06-18T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2015-06-28T04:45:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T11:45:20","slug":"motives-and-motifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/motives-and-motifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Motives and motifs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"At<\/a> In my upcoming\u00a0release “At the Existential Sandwich Shop,”<\/em> like the previous “Perils of Free Thought,”<\/em> I talk intermittently of bears and robots.
\nThat is because I am a robot bear.
\nThank you in advance for your understanding.<\/p>\n

There is also a reoccurring motif of baloons.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my upcoming\u00a0release “At the Existential Sandwich Shop,” like the previous “Perils of Free Thought,” I talk intermittently of bears and robots. That is because I am a robot bear. Thank you in advance for your understanding. 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