Hello guys!!! It´s been a long time since the last time I uploaded some pictures. First of all, a very fellow deviant gave me 1 month Core Membership, and it´s great!!!!
Now, I just want to talk about something I had been thinking about: year 2020 and quarantine. A before and after. Fortunately I haven't had Covid yet... But two years ago it seemed to be the worst nightmare ever had. At least, that's what media and governments wanted us to feel about that. I´ve never imagined spending almost 8 months at home until our president decreed a strict quarantine. Of course, that happened all over the world, and we could not be the exception. Ironically, a few days before that, our former Health Minister was confident that the virus would be too far away to reach us out.
I also didn´t believe that I would have to wear a mask to go outside, that I would have to apply for a permit to use public transport, and that hundreds of the places I used to go would remain closed for so long. I didn't even imagine it several years before.
Well, I was never very keen on socializing or having a bunch of friends. Lately, I just went out just for work or meeting my family. Even I always preferred more quiet activities, or staying at home on weekend afternoons. I also started to walk away from big groups. For the other hand, I still can't believe that before the quarantine I was even traveling abroad by myself and moving around the cities without a mask or worrying about being too close to other people in public places, like I always did in my country.
Anyway, when quarantine started, It didn´t matter that much to me. At first, the president said the quarantine would only last two weeks.. That´s why it didn´t matter, until the lockdown began to extend week by week. First weeks wasn´t a big deal. I used to enjoy staying at home watching Netflix or TV, playing with my tarot cards, learning languages on Duolingo or whatever. But then, I started to miss being outside, going to work, seeing my closest friends. I´ve been also waiting for so long to see my specific person and my very best friend again. Yes, I had got a very close friend, who I met on 2019. And watching economy, health and education going down in my country because of this, was something unbearable. We weren´t allow to bury our loved ones who passed away, many people lost their jobs, children hadn´t face-to-face classes for almost one year, even some people could use public transport without a permission only if they were essencial workers. Many injustices were also committed during this time. The government and a large part of the police abused their power with the excuse of the regulations imposed based on the presence of the virus.
After a very long time, some activities began to reactivate very, very, very slowly, over the last months of 2020, and the first months of 2021. My best friend started to date a guy who used to be insanelly jelaous of our friendship. So, he came between us and got me and my friend to argue, and we haven´t spoken anymore since that. I haven´t return to my former job again, but I´ve been working at new places.
Well, all I have to say about such experiences, is: perhaps this pandemic served to make some masks fall down, and revealed the true nature of many people, including who seemed to be our best friends. Also, may this pandemic is a reminder of how free we used to be in the past, and how we took it for granted. Maybe, it also will teach us to not take people or things for granted so easily. But for the oher hand, perhaps we haven´t understand it that way yet. I understand that humans are social beings. So, theorically, the human being is not designed to live alone and without contact with their peers, although it also depends on the temperament, personality and the way each person was raised, or whatever. Personally, I always was the hermit type, and many people around me still can´t understand it. But I have to admit I was affected by this pandemic more than I ever imagined, like some kind of rebound effect. Some things may never be the same again after this "cavemen´s quarantine", at least not before the current government changes. Who knows...
Now, I´m trying to recover myself. I also think that this pandemic helped my own spiritual growth. Maybe I´m still in hermit mode, trying to undestrand myself and taking in what's going on and what's been going on with me. I´m just like the High Priestess tarot card now. But my family may not understood it last year. I´m also taking some decissions, and recognizing several parts of my dark side (please don´t be afraid lol)