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Covid-Coping
Observations During Times of Isolation
Like everyone else, I’m struggling to find ways to plan for the future. Currently, I’m an Animal Crossing-playing beer professional with photo/video skills in a world that seemingly does not need me. So, what am I supposed to do now?
I don’t get to file for unemployment until next week so I figure that learning new skills while I have the time (and what’s left of my money) makes an amount of sense… But I question if it behooves me to learn new skills or to sharpen existing ones. I feel as if I knew what was going to happen a week/a month/a season from now, I would have an answer to my questions but I can’t predict the future and the present times are obviously just as hard to figure out.
I’ve still been able to go out and take a few street photo dailies, just not at the capacity I had been before Covid-19. In the past, taking photos had been a good way to mentally work through the stress I found myself in but lately, all it does is remind me of the suffering people have been -and will be- going through.
Yesterday was different.
On my way home, I got lost and ended up taking a ridiculous path (thanks Google Maps) out of my way, ending up on Prospect (wealthy white people fled this area of the city over 30-years ago and are still afraid to come back). When driving up Prospect and…
