Page 53 - COVID Consortium Journal - An Edited Collection of Student Art and Writing

day, which just feels like my life has stopped momentarily due to everything
going on in NYC. It also represents how NYC is, as seen on social media, the
city looks empty, like someone put a pause on it, no one is around and cars are
barely seen compared to how it was just a month ago, filled with people.
It shows a low angle image of a simple stop sign, it shows how life is currently
stopped momentarily due to everything going on and how life may feel for
people who are practicing social distancing by staying inside.

was staying in my room on my bed all day with no lights on and watching
I netflix all day and just eating junk food. The only time I would leave my
house is when it’s raining, I love the rain. It makes me
feel happy, I used to live in the countryside and I love it
when it rains there. The air feels so nice, a lot of plants
and nature. Unlike in the city, there’s no space to get
air, everything is loud and there is nothing like the
countryside. I miss living there but there is always
one thing that reminds me of my old life. The rain.
It makes me feel so energized and happy. Having the
water falling from up high. It’s not hot, or cold. It’s
warm. It inspired me to take a picture of the rain to
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see what it looks like.

I took this photo because I was outside and it was raining and it gave me an
idea to take a picture from the inside of the water from the window sideways to
see if it looks good. I also tried using a pencil on a table but i thought the rain
picture looked more cooler and nicer, it was more clear.

For the first image the bars from the window represent me feeling stuck or
trapped. It feels like there is no escape to this. The only thing that can help in
my opinion is music because we can just dance Coronavirus away and not let
ourselves go insane.

ast week I felt very bored, worried and scared. I had many thoughts in my
L head about this virus and what I could do to entertain myself at home and
to make me less stressed about this lockdown. I’ve been thinking about many
people too and hoping everyone is okay, but from hearing that the virus is here
and many people are dying from it, i have been very cautious and worried that i

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