{"id":55,"date":"2026-03-06T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:36:45","slug":"about-theme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/?page_id=55","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Who are you?<\/h4><\/span><\/div>
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Thank you for asking! I’m Sydney, a very enthusiastic museum nerd, book lover, and writer of (primarily) nonfiction and poetry. In my free time, I love journaling, sending snail mail, and generally being crafty. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What are you doing?<\/h4><\/span><\/div>
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I’m currently getting my Master’s degree in Art History from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I’m also a teaching assistant. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What are you currently reading?<\/h4><\/span><\/div>
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I’m currently reading The Odyssey<\/em> by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Who drew all these pictures of you?<\/h4><\/span><\/div>
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My lifelong best friend Elliot Ellis! He is currently an animation student at DePaul University. You can view more of his work here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What are your dreams and aspirations?<\/h4><\/span><\/div>
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That is, bar none, the biggest question of my life right now. Broadly, I want to be a museum curator and a published author. Short term, I’d like to find a way to combine my love of travel with my love of museums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"about","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyausten.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}