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The period of quarantine required many of us to change our pace, but truthfully lockdown barely changed my rhythm. I was in lockdown long before Covid-19.
I started running outside with a camera not to escape the world but to confront it. Now, after 7 years and 14,000 kilometres, with a profound limp, I have concluded that by turning my eyes outward, I didn’t really find answers. Instead I found a larger set of mysteries.
I learned that you can only really know the world by pushing your body through it at ground level. A camera was extra weight, but it helped me focus and remember.
A key learning from all this was: Do the work you love and care about, not merely the work that the world rewards you for. Do less but do it well.
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OK, I am a pushover for an appealing ad!!
PS. It is delicious and will help while away the lockdown period if I don't run out!
✄ La cura dei capelli in casa ai tempi del lockdown.
✂ Home hair care at the time of the lockdown.
Being confined to my home and garden means I have to look both inward and outward for pictures. We have this attractive daisy in the garden that constantly beckons the camera eye. I know we were taught to go for odd numbers of things in a composition but I liked the even numbers here, what do you prefer? This was taken on a Panasonic GX8 with the 12-60mm Leica Panasonic zoom. If anyone knows the name of the plant we would be grateful to learn that.
This image of a lockdown walker was taken through the windows of a closed KFC. The yellow stripes are from a fence behind me reflected in glass inside the building. The picture was easy enough to take but I had to wait over a quarter of an hour for a figure to fill the gap and complete the idea, fortunately he had just the umbrella I had hoped for!
The idea came after viewing Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" painting
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This image was taken at Portland Bill, Dorset after the first lockdown ended. I changed it into black and white because I though it showed off the textures better.
Lockdown has taken enough of my time. In the train to Amsterdam and 30 minutes later I’m wandering through a deserted town. I will show you some places, one every day if possible.
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One picture per day during Melbourne's 6th lockdown until it ends.
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Happy 200th day of lockdown, Melbourne.
Today's cartoon from Andrea Ross and me.
We’re waiting for the Number 9
We hope it’s on its way
It used to be here every hour
But now? Just twice a day
We really mustn’t miss it
Or we’ll be here for hours
We haven’t brought our raincoats
And the forecast is for showers
We should be Christmas shopping
But the shops they all are closed
Lockdown 2 has bitten
Not for us new clothes
But we have our annual check up
The dentist we must see
I hope I don’t need treatment
As then it’s hard to eat my tea.
So we’ll wait until the ‘9’ is here
As the dentist waits for me
And we mustn’t miss the last bus back
That leaves at half past three.