As Smile Politely’s arts editor, I was offered the opportunity to share a snapshot of my life during quarantine. It was a surprising experience. The photos of my cats, like the shots of recently stress-baked banana bread, were to be expected. But what was not, was the sadness. The grief. And a general unease with the outside world. As someone who reads and writes for a living you’d think I’d be more comfortable with my own thoughts. But though we may try to keep creating as if what’s going on “out there” has not changed. It is has. And whether we realize it or not. So have we. The physical disease is only one way that the pandemic infects us.
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