This “New” Year

[ Sneak Peak Episode 15 ]

Recently, what has felt so entirely absent and necessary from day to day is levity. Our collective psyche has been forced to grapple with an incredible magnitude of life, and aside from feeling overwhelmed, many have experienced a sense of lingering timelessness. It’s not enough that we are still in the middle of political warfare, a mutating coronavirus, and daily reminders on social media and the news that everything is either on fire or perpetually broken. Now— it’s as if the something that once propelled the everything, has slowed down or somehow stopped altogether. People are wringing their hands— facing questions like… where are we; what is happening; where did all my friends go; how is it that everything has changed, but oddly everyday feels the same— like the needle hasn't budged?

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[Photo: originally color, @builtbymath]