Page 65 - COVID Consortium Journal - An Edited Collection of Student Art and Writing

I took the photo in this specific
way because I felt this really
demonstrated how I was going
day to day through life during
this week. This represents my
life as messy and miserable
on the outside looking in. But
hidden within the surface of the
mess is what lay before and the Tony Liang
joy I find in the virus.

The paper represents the mess that is
the coronavirus and the table as life and joy itself. Once you look past all that
you’ll find the joy and happiness that lays beneath it all. Like sleeping in till 1
pm and not having to speak to people. Whatever happiness you can find is the
clear desk itself. The items surrounding the paper such as wires and what not
are the news or spread of hopeless information that just furthers the mess the
paper creates.

he last week has been very
T confusing and different. This
was due to different routines, and
different mindsets. Staying at home
was a lot more work than anticipat-
ed. Seeing the same environment
and just looking out the window,
dreaming to go outside, and seeing
the lonely trees as they sway back
Aliannis Montero and forth. Lately, the same puzzles,
watching the same movies with my
family, music and more and more
school work has kept my mind off the things of this world.

I took the photo for 2 main reasons. One reason was due to the fact that I spent
a lot of time doing puzzles while I was in quarantine. Doing puzzles somewhat
took my mind off everything else. Another reason why I took the photo was
because it represented what my life feels like right now. We don’t know which
piece is going to fit. In the world, we still don’t know what our future is going

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