The Portal
cyanotype on paper, 2020. Two print sizes. © Jonah CalinawanPrevious
Next The first version of this image was shot nine years ago on September 14, 2011. You could say this image was developing since then! The instant I read Arundhati Roy’s essay, The Pandemic is a Portal, published in April 2020, this forgotten image popped up in my mind. Subscribe and access the first version of this image plus a short writeup of its evolution.Evolution of this Cyanotype Print
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The One Deep Question to Ask Yourself Before the Pandemic is Over (Joseph Campbell)
Like you, I long for the days before February.
“I just want to return to normal.”
“But would you want to return to normal?” one Facebook friend asked.
I thought about this for days afterward.
I don’t have it all figured out, but I would like to share a story of how I arrived at an answer through the writings of three wise people.