G.V., 25, an administrator in London, UK
“On paper this quarantine shouldn’t have affected an introverted nerd like myself…”
“On paper this quarantine shouldn’t have affected an introverted nerd like myself…”
“How odd it is that in our first picture together her uncle is wearing a mask, at a distance…”
“I didn’t want to mention toilet paper but I think that might be the biggest story of this whole event. Shortages started to happen before the virus even arrived in Australia.”
“I looked at my credit card in hesitation. All the information from the news ran through my mind. How long can coronavirus stay on plastic?I hurried and passed her the card that she grabbed with a glove, swiped then gave back to me along with the glove. Now, I must have her germs instead, I thought…”
“Corona virus tem sido um agente de muitas mudanças positivas na minha vida e agradeço a ele por isso. Hoje me importo muito mais com as pessoas ao meu redor e busco oportunidades de ajudá-las…”
“…With the lockdown, I had the time to notice that the Navajo Willow tree in my front yard was sick. Had I not been stuck at home under this pandemic, I would not have noticed the smell—foul vegetable and yeast— from the tree. […] If not for the lockdown, I would never have had the time to observe the arrival of Spring…”
“On the negative side, many planned concerts have had to be cancelled, which has been disappointing to me and many others. With fitness centers and gymnasiums closed, it has been more difficult to work out and try to stay in shape. […] On the positive side, the lock-down has given me more time to practice piano than I’ve had in decades! It’s been a joy to revisit pieces that I haven’t played in years, and to learn new ones, too. […] I have planted a small garden, something I haven’t done since childhood, and am using this unexpected time as a golden opportunity to clear out clutter…”
Life in Quarantine: Witnessing Global Pandemic is an initiative sponsored by the Poetic Media Lab and the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis at Stanford University.
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