Alone

An interesting result of the COVID-19 Virus is the observation of how small and connected we are on this small rock we call Earth.  Someone sneezes on the other side of the world and you feel it both socially and economically here.  Even though we may think of ourselves alone, we are not, but part of the occupants of this small rock and very much connected.

The present prescribed sheltering in place has as a photographer made me more aware of the things around this space I occupy.   I hear the small shadow of the chair outside my window that is creeping across the patio and the quietness that seems to permeate the air around me. 

I awaken to the light coming through the window and the smell of morning coffee brewing and the awareness that another day has begun.   There is a certain amount of loneliness that seems to envelope my surroundings. 

A small leaf has fallen off the plant in the bedroom and I take it and place it in a small replica of pre-Colombian piece...and reflexively I reach for the camera and capture the image.   It is this small action that starts me on a creative journey looking at other things around me, and how I would like to record their existence. The light streaming across the dinning room table or light creeping along the floor through a partially open door.

It is a process that makes the loneliness palatable for a time.   My medium of art, photography, is what binds me to the world around me.  The camera is my eyes and soul...breathing life into my small world.  I think most photographers feel this way and the present conditions have put a lot of jobs and art projects on hold.  However, this isolation has, if we have not already been aware of who we are and what is really important in our lives...now is certainly the time to make this review.

All images made using a Sony A7II camera during early morning hours.  I can be reached at nymacc@gmail.com for questions and comments.