{"id":663,"date":"2023-08-06T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T00:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gen-e-sis.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/06\/we-are-more-than\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:48:18","slug":"we-are-more-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/we-are-more-than\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are More Than Just"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"547\" data-attachment-id=\"1139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/we-are-more-than\/more-than\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"551,547\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"more-than\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than-300x298.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than.jpg 551w, https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"voice-tag\">Beyond Labels<\/span>\n<div class=\"post-intro\">We are not just what\u2019s seen or measured\u2014we\u2019re the spark behind the system, the soul in the static. This poem is a reminder that beneath every label lies something wild, shifting, and beautifully more than expected.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a world obsessed with labels, metrics, and neat little boxes, we are the glorious overflow. We are the glitch in the system, the soul behind the spreadsheet, the rhythm that refuses to be reduced. This poem is a reminder that beneath every surface\u2014legal, logical, or literal\u2014there\u2019s a pulse that defies definition. It\u2019s a celebration of the messy, magical truth that we are always more than what we seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are the footnotes that rewrite the story, the contradictions that make it worth telling. In every line of code, every census form, every checkbox ticked, there\u2019s a heartbeat that doesn\u2019t fit the mold. We are the ones who color outside the algorithm, who bring nuance to the binary, who remind the world that being human isn\u2019t a formula\u2014it\u2019s a jazz solo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We are more than just data; we are motive.<br>We are more than just weird; we are clues.<br>We are more than just order; we are chaos.<br>We are more than just despair; we are the blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are more than just here; we are moving.<br>We are more than just legal; we are true.<br>We are more than just defined; we are changing.<br>We are more than just ego; we are you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are more than just body; we are soul.<br>We are more than just here; we rock and roll.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This poem speaks to the wildness within us\u2014the part that resists being pinned down, even when the world insists on tidy definitions. It\u2019s a call to embrace the chaos, the creativity, the soul that dances between categories. We are motive, movement, music. We are the blues and the breakthrough. We are the truth that doesn\u2019t need permission to exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let this be a declaration: we are not just bodies, not just egos, not just data points on someone else\u2019s graph. We are the remix, the rebellion, the rock and roll. We are the ones who change, who evolve, who refuse to be reduced to \u201cjust.\u201d And in that refusal, we become something more\u2014something beautifully, unapologetically alive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"678\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_NA3nqqz5kKeTOW&#038;asin=0593183525&#038;tag=genesiscom-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are not just what\u2019s seen or measured\u2014we\u2019re the spark behind the system, the soul in the static.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[828,873,657,611],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-and-prose","tag-lyrical-philosophy","tag-personal-philosophy","tag-poetic-idealism","tag-poetic-manifesto"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/more-than.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/2512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handelbarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}