{"id":117,"date":"2025-08-26T15:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremiahbass.com\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:57:22","slug":"brizy-117","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeremiahbass.com\/?page_id=117","title":{"rendered":"Featured Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"brz brz-root__container brz-reset-all brz-root__container-page\">\n<section id=\"uYjWUaKJ4iDr_uYjWUaKJ4iDr\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-1ffj4ze brz-css-hk72t2\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-10l7iso brz-css-1if7asg\" data-brz-custom-id=\"yHs27jBZQox0\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-1jx18qr brz-css-btwd6d\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-wc7s3t brz-css-8yai8i brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-menu-simple brz-css-12xvj3q brz-css-1d4n4ei\">\n<div style=\"min-height:20px\">\n<div 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class=\"brz-cp-color8\">&#8220;Hindsight&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-1msaskp brz-css-1ydlz5h brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-nnu2l6 brz-css-ayn012\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cRNjNpjM5Br7\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-gMXzE\" data-uniq-id=\"vXeCd\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-niweA\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color8\">A Personal Essay<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone brz-flex-xs-wrap brz-css-1yu0gm2 brz-css-1634qu9\" data-brz-custom-id=\"aM9scHMMlrEG\"><a class=\"brz-a brz-btn brz-css-xdifna brz-css-1w9sowd brz-css-j6xdo8 brz-css-1p81ou4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesmartset.com\/hindsight\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-brz-link-type=\"external\" data-brz-custom-id=\"jUT87_9zsTMu\"><span data-brz-translate-text=\"1\" class=\"brz-span brz-text__editor\">The Smart Set<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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