{"id":176330,"date":"2023-12-28T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176330"},"modified":"2024-01-01T10:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T10:19:14","slug":"is-there-hope-for-the-world-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/28\/is-there-hope-for-the-world-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There Hope For The World in 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here then is  a perhaps trivial matter perhaps some might say?  Something for you dear reader to think about. I am not so very young so my future is limited.  To me recent world events in the last 4 years have been very disheartening. Everything to me feels as though it is going backwards. More polarisation and deep divisions and a lot of &#8220;othering&#8221; and scapegoating.  Society certainly seems to be in so many respects going boldly back to the future, but rather in a rusting Ford Popular than a flying DeLorean. Even though many steps forward have been made there seems to a groundswell of movement to try to  turn back the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am gearing up for a Happy New Year salutation however. With the usual  attempted reset.  I will try and creep up on it so as not to startle it if at all possible, though if its as skittish as 2023 that may well be too much of a stretch frankly.   <br><br>Here is a new song:<br><strong>Going To Hell anyway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1702064364&amp;color=%23e49864&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Going To Hell Anyway\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/going-to-hell-anyway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Going To Hell Anyway<\/a><\/div>\n<div><br \/>Indeed and forsooth.\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"176339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/28\/is-there-hope-for-the-world-in-2024\/dsc00361\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;W580i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378565585&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC00361\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361-1024x768.jpg?resize=604%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Picasso and a Donkey.\" class=\"wp-image-176339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC00361.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">Nerd fact of the day: I am still using a guitar lead that I picked up off the stage at Hammersmith Odeon after a Mick Ronson gig. Its never gone crackly of worn out&#8230;. A friend pointed out he won&#8217;t be asking for it back now though. I definitely feel Christmased, as in beaten into a festive submission. Ho Ho Ho we have ways of making you merry. Well gov its not working on me. I do feel distinctly non-merry. Perhaps even more so than usual for me at this time of year. The weather is not helping either of course.  In my slightly enforced isolation I have been feverishly slaving away attempting  to be creative. <br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The author ponders society&#8217;s backward trajectory despite progress, lamenting the disheartening world events. With a wry twist, they humorously anticipate cautiously approaching the New Year like a skittish animal. 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