Personal Space is Back in Fashion
As a writer and artist I have been blessed and cursed to live a life where I observe the world around myself.
Recently, the world has gone nuts, things have changed dramatically, something called Corona has unleashed itself into the world and is wreaking havoc in families and communities. That’s all I know.
What I don’t Know
I can tell you nothing about this virus, I can’t tell you more than what I read in the news. And I know you have been reading the news. The media feeds us with information and we must make do with what we get.
Looking Out my Window
I read the latest news, then I stand at my apartment window and observe people in the street. They walk in twos, stand in queues, separated by a body’s length.
At the corner there is a tobacco and newspaper shop. Masked locals stand and wait their turn to enter the shop. White surgical masks or bright colours draped across their face, they look like bandits waiting their turn to go inside and rob the place.
Dress Codes and Patience
Patience is asked for as they wait. The wind is whipping through the streets and there are a lot of hunched shoulders…
