This certain time and place…
Taking a pause on the GI JOE style series today.
The idea of this self-portrait was staring me in the face. Specifically, the rear view mirror in my car. I’d just left the grocery store, loaded all the bags, clumped myself down in the drivers seat and looked up. I hadn’t moved the mask off my face yet. There I was. It was me… along what the times dictated I be. Not a requirement… a suggestion.
My mantra in regard to what I create has always been to tell a story and invoke an emotion. Words help, but they’re not always needed. If you can show a beginning, middle and ends with a single image, you’re better than you think you are. Years from now, someone will see this somewhere and wonder how we got through it… how some managed and some did not.
As of this writing, nearly 55,000 people in the U.S. have died because of COVID-19. A month ago, that number was just a bit over 2,000.
My family does everything it can to protect ourselves and others. I’ve washed my hands so much I think I washed some of my fingerprints completely off.
We’ll never be the same… and ultimately, that’s probably a good thing.
It’s tragic. It’s scary. And… it’s equal opportunity… if you inhale and exhale you can get it. I hope that the fear I feel every single day is evident in this image.
I don’t like that fear… but at the same time I never want to forget that fear.
