Being lockdown for three months is not an easy task. Millions of people have graciously become quite creative to break the monotony of taking such a smart measure. Three months seem to be extremely challenging for many. Unless you spend your entire day streaming content from the internet or have enough books to read. The truth is: there are so many things to do, other than what’s needed to be done but again, three months? That seems to be an eternity. That might be the reason so many people are adventuring to the external world, where the risk still is pretty high. Not a smart move, but what can you do?
Countries around the world, including those that managed to contain the spread and maintained their numbers really low, are showing a concerning increase of the spread once opening got started. Now, after opening, some establishments are considering to enact another lockdown. Yes, a prudent measure, but the truth actually is that people adventuring outside should be appropriately be dressed on PPE, maintain the suggested social distance, wash their hands, not touching their faces. A common-sense practice is not to be near (6/12 feet is recommendable) to people without PPE in case someone sneeze or cough. I have seen those cases too many times, which announces, “it’s time to run!”
But that is not my topic now. I am focusing on me, the bored chick that is finding more time in her hands than the available things to do. If you have grass in your place, you are blessed. But how many times can you mow the land in a week? I feel so sorry for the people that are enclosed in a small space, like a studio or small apartment. That requires more creativity. Cleaning the closet, the pantry, the garage, the car, the drawers, and everything that we did not have time for it before is a short run for so many weeks. In fact, everything, where I am, now is perfectly cleaned, organized, and ready to start life as known. So, part of my focus, aside from the 100 other things I daily endeavor, is to take pictures.
Whether I use my phone or my big camera, I always try to make images that go beyond the ordinary. I try to bring my personal label, so my picture speaks for me. Many years ago, master photographer Ansel Adams told me that what he shoots, is his imagination. Not exactly what is in front of his eyes. Excellent point, so whether it is the light, composition, or non-ordinary elements that can make an image that is what I look for in my image-making. I have the great privilege of having enough space to move around and on top, with amazing views. So far, I have produced more than 50 images that I consider decent considering the circumstances—the fantastic views of being several feet above the surroundings. I have a perfect view of the sunrise or the sunset. So that makes an excellent opportunity to create a fantastic shot. Rather, fantastic shots, plural. I have been there, have done it. After checking what images I like best, I realized there are just about a dozen of the too many because they all are so alike. I wish I could go out to the street and have many different scenarios to enact my creativity. But I can’t, so what is next?
Although the selected images do no precisely speak about me, the creator, they are good images. So I decided to start posting some of those which I call Covid shots. After a long inspection of some of them, I realized that there was something in them that can be quite easily overlooked. For instance, the cloud formations I see here, almost 360⁰, are breathtaking. Who cares about interesting looking clouds? Moi, I love the movement of the clouds created hundred miles away that change all the time and sometimes seem that they are a battle with other formations. The town where I am, in Mexico, is entirely surrounded by mountains. The winds come from many directions, and it is almost utterly predictable the kind of weather for that day. Not all clouds are photogenic, so waiting for the proper formation seems a good idea. I started to do that recently, and I think I’ll stick to it since it is clear, responsibility, consideration, common sense, and being pragmatic calls for a few more months of lockdown. That, regardless of the other impacts of the threat. Such as money going out and not coming in.
I hope picture viewers and people, in general, enjoy what I post here for who knows how long. Although my main thing here is to keep me creative and occupied, as an artist, I wish and hope that others enjoy them as I have. So here I go, a few images created during this period and a few others I made in the past. Enjoy!
