{"id":2602,"date":"2024-02-29T18:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/?page_id=2602"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:13:19","slug":"the-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/?page_id=2602","title":{"rendered":"The Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2602\" class=\"elementor elementor-2602\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57700923 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57700923\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cb92e17\" data-id=\"6cb92e17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41145e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41145e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Aquarium\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a214a10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a214a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-1.03.58\u202fPM-1024x592.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2611\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-1.03.58\u202fPM-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-1.03.58\u202fPM-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-1.03.58\u202fPM-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-1.03.58\u202fPM-1536x888.png 1536w, https:\/\/conversationsfromtheopenroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-29-at-1.03.58\u202fPM-2048x1183.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129e555b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"129e555b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spring, 2020 &#8211; Spring, 2021<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A project with 7 VT high school and college students, we called \u2018The Aquarium\u2019. 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