{"id":1132,"date":"2021-01-29T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T06:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2021-03-19T04:42:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T10:42:07","slug":"cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Cowboy&#8221; by Elliot Dillabough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Elliot Dillabough is a student of political science, a musician and an all-round rounder. His work is often centered on the dissonance between a romantic (and clich\u00e9) representation of love, rugged individualism, the beauty of nature, and the often less-than-sublime relationships we have with these ideals. \u201cCowboy\u201d aims to explore this tension and invites the reader to reflect on the archetype of the cowboy-hero. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Cowboy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I want to ride off into the sunset, villains laid low in their graves,<br>Maybe a distressed damsel saved<br>But I don\u2019t own a horse and even if I did<br>My eyes, they might burn on that low-hanging sun<br>I would go blind, get lost, drop my gun<br>And I\u2019d need to do it all again when tomorrow comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em><strong><em><strong>You can follow Elliot on Instagram <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/elliot_dillabough?igshid=twghiqk0se0q\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/elliot_dillabough?igshid=twghiqk0se0q\" target=\"_blank\">@elliot_dillabough<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>This piece is part of the <\/em>in medias res<em> Jan. 2021 \u201cReflection\u201d Issue. You can read the full issue under the tag \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=jan-2021\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=jan-2021\">Jan. 2021<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Image:<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> Yliaster; Paracelsus <em>(1887) by Marsden Hartley (Public Domain)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCowboy\u201d aims to explore this tension and invites the reader to reflect on the archetype of the cowboy-hero. 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