#staysafestayhome

Out on the street last Friday for the first time in nearly two months. The quarantine has been hard to deal with generally, but perhaps especially in tersms of creativity.

But then… all of this is global, which in many ways is something positive because we’ve known for some time that the world has to work together more than ever to confront the Coronavirus-19 pandemic and many other environmental threats.

Global warning has to be addressed. The destruction of Earth’s rainforests has to be addressed.

So while unable to go out for those refreshing walks and get togethers, telematics and informatics have become an even greater part of our lives.

Underlying the ways we look at the quarantine are ideas about the human biome, both macro and micro—especially micro just now, with regard to the virus that has sparked this global response.

It’s still a pretty big shock to see TV news broadcasts showing the streets of Barcelona empty of crowds of walkers.

There is the upside of course that atmospheric pollution has dropped by something like 70 per cent. But there is also the very sad occurrence of lost lives and suffering. As in so many places the world over, every evening we stand on our small balcony and along with our neighbors applaud the courage of our health workers and others who are directly confronting the pandemic.

Continuing to create is obviously harder just now. But part of the job of dealing with the challenge is precisely to find ways of going on in life positive ways.

At the moment we’re forced to teach by conference call, to samizdat using WhatsApp, to enjoy a Sunday chat with friends using Zoom or similar techno calls…..

#staysafestayhome