The Pandemic is a Portal

E nD OF CAP I TAL A S U S U AL
laying bare the cruelty inherent in our very structure
“ response to the crisis in the every day a daily crisis
The plague is not new, it is the old NORMAL,
the normal is never what it should be
the ‘new’ normal reveals the ‘old’ racism
the new is old again
survive in the now
still
plan for the future
the status –quo
got white supremacy y’all?
- when we can live in a changed world where everyone is more aware of the counter-effects of our
encroachment on nature and the havoc we wreak
coming back in a vengeance
O N E W aY O UT
I decide I must film in Oppenheimer park and ask: What does this pandemic mean to you?
How does it most affect you?
What meaningful changes would you like to see
come out of this?
can we learn from . . . warmth, carries us far
“Things are fine for us housed folks, looking out on the street the poor souls there are waiting in line
for meals and shelter and that’s where it is really f'd up. Another layer of crisis to survive with layers
of other disabilities.”
Why does a virus have to appear
to reveal how connected we all are
We are all on life support
the tools. ready
the silence is deafening
( = complicity)
nature surpasses us
a stretch of t ime still for moment these fragile things delicate wings..
remind me
why are w e h e r e
and after this what
imaginable
we m ust resis t
u p to us
in what ever forms necessary
where are we going to be
how
beyond now
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