Page 55 - COVID Consortium Journal - An Edited Collection of Student Art and Writing

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Air-Of-Boy, Leaders High School

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this time, I feel great apprehension but a lazy form of sanguinity. I’m not sure
what will happen in the future but I try to distract myself from such thoughts
through entertainment this lapse of social stimuli can offer. Yet, people’s ac-
tions, companies’ and governments’ decisions amidst this time confront me
in prediction and my mixed-feelings of what is to come next. However, I am
quite grateful for my parents who still go to work and endanger themselves so
they can ensure our income, especially my mother who is constantly providing
warmth to us despite experiencing one of the most stressful times for her as
a nurse.

I wanted to convey this feeling of indecision to what to expect and react in the
future, so I decided to focus on a door. The door I chose specifically has a mail
slot and a door knob, referring to how I might passively regress from what may
come in the future or how I might actively . I attached a love-themed decoration
to the knob to associate the comforting relationship and care from family as
I expect the future and how they make me react to the future. The lock to the
door is present, but not in the center, refers to the impact of the lockdown and
how it is not the core topic in my thoughts. The door represents the coalition of
the impact of the coronavirus and the future, I have no control over whatever
the door seals from me but I have control over how I will anticipate and deal
with it.

I tried my best to gain control over the composition but since I can’t really alter

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