On March 12, 2020, I wrote this blog on Instagram. Now you can also read it here:
While we are fighting the Corona virus in the Netherlands, with my vicinity as the hotspot in our country, it is really difficult to write inspirational about photography and entrepreneurship. I am trying to keep my family safe; bought food for a week just in case we get really sick. And we didn't even reach the peak just yet. It does effect my family and friends already, going into isolation for two weeks. With each sniff, cough, prickling throat or burning lungs all alarm bells go off, on and on. And no way to contain it, just wait it out with proper measures. I feel helpless!
With a potential sickening or even lethal virus on my doorstep, I am looking for ways to show my emotions. Photography evokes emotions and emotions can be reflected in an image. Shall I find my refuge in there? Can I transport myself into a reassuring image to keep my heart safe and my mind sound? Or shall I dwell on a depressive mode of dark images waiting to devour me? I believe in goodness and the magic of the universe, I believe in praying and deep meditation, I believe in breathing exercises and the power of Sunlight. Shine on me and my family!
This wasteland of a virus arises within a town with-normal-daily business going on, like nothing is amiss... can it be more ambiguous? I am searching for expressions that I can't even understand myself. The shutter of my camera clicks when my lucky charm 'a rainbow' appears! Light and darkness, Sunshine and rain, bring out the colors! Photography as an escape, to keep me sane? Yes! Yes! My daughter cries out loud with excitement when discovering the rainbow. "Where is the end of the rainbow mama? Where is the gnome with its pot of gold?". I wish I knew.
