{"id":2894,"date":"2026-04-08T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:14:53","slug":"the-braided-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/2026\/04\/08\/the-braided-core\/","title":{"rendered":"The Braided Core"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2897\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PXL_20260406_133326423.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2897\" src=\"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PXL_20260406_133326423.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL-423x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"520\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2897\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Braided Core&#8221; Mixed Media (Acrylic, Macrame, Crochet, and Reclaimed Textiles) on Canvas<br \/>\n(30.5 \u00d7 24 in)<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A single thread is easy to snap; a braided rope can pull a ship. In &#8216;The Braided Core,&#8217; I explore identity not as a singular achievement, but as a collective construction. While my history, my illnesses, and my fears form the atmospheric backdrop of my life, my &#8216;shape&#8217; is defined by the fibers of those who fight alongside me. Through macrame, crochet, and reclaimed textiles, I represent the invisible army that turns a fragile individual into an unbreakable core.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<a name='fb_share' type='button_count' href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php'>Share<\/a><script src='http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share' type='text\/javascript'><\/script>\n<p><strong>Thank you for being apart of the fabric of my life. ~Jenn<\/strong><em><\/p>\n<a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/share' class='twitter-share-button' data-count='vertical'>Tweet<\/a><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js'><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A single thread is easy to snap; a braided rope can pull a ship. In &#8216;The Braided Core,&#8217; I explore identity not as a singular achievement, but as a collective construction. While my history, my illnesses, and my fears form the atmospheric backdrop of my life, my &#8216;shape&#8217; is defined by the fibers of those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2910,"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/2910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenncoffey.com\/jc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}