Requiem for Spring '20
Upd. It is devastating and heartbreaking - everything that is going on in the United States right now.
I am angry of the injustice and of the systems that are in place that allow the injustice to happen. I am against police brutality.
And I can not be silent.
I will educate myself and do the work.
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This requiem is a little different from all the ones I’ve done. This spring I spent at home.
March 10th was the last time I commuted to the office in Chelsea.
I didn’t know yet that it was the last time in the long time I’d use my metrocard or even step into Manhattan. I didn’t know that the weekend before would be the last one I can travel to see a friend. I didn’t know that spring will bring a lot of feelings… anxiety. uncertainty and … gratitude.
- staying together with C. throughout this weird times;
- connecting with friends and family from across different states, countries and even continents and missing them and feeling deep love to these humans
- finishing my 2020 reading challenge
- feeling extremely grateful and lucky for supportive co-workers and amazing team who’s been pushing through the ambiguity and doing their best
- trying out virtual doctor visit and trying new medication
- still feeling extreme sadness and helplessness
- seeing a place where I grew up in my dreams
- learning to bake biscuits
- setting up a herb garden with basil, cilantro and mint
- watching High Maintenance and feeling love for New York and Brooklyn especially
- attempting to bleach my hair
- supporting our favorite local businesses
- getting surprises from C.
- getting to know few of my neighbors and their cat
- watching cats from a building across
- participating in the photoshoot done by my talented friend
- completing 30-day yoga challenge
- learning to illustrate
- rewatching all the Harry Potter movies and loosing my cool when (spoiler alert!) Dobbie died
