"The irony is that the government is giving itself extreme powers,"
he (Gabor Gyori, a political analyst) says, but "it is not taking any extreme measures" when it comes to combating the coronavirus.
True. Yet the death toll then? For example, the Nordic countries far have more people (27 million) than New York State (19 million) and the death toll now:New York has also done more testing than the UK, France, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark. — NOS4A2
"Such is perhaps the most difficult challenge in a lockdown situation: to clear a space where to be on one’s own while already separated from the community. Being cooped up on a boat with a few others of course generates a feeling of estrangement, but estrangement is not solitude, and solitude is, in reality, what makes confinement bearable. And this is true even if one is already on one’s own. I noticed that what made my isolation extremely distressing was in fact my incapacity to withdraw into myself. To find this insular point where I could be my self (in two words). I am not talking here of authenticity, simply of this radical nakedness of the soul that allows to build a dwelling in one’s house, to make the house habitable by locating the psychic space where it is possible to do something, that is, in my case, write.
I noticed that writing only became possible when I reached such a confinement within confinement, a place in the place where nobody could enter and that at the same time was the condition for my exchanges with others. When I was able to get immersed in writing, conversations through Skype, for example, became something else. They were dialogues, not veiled monologues. Writing became possible when solitude started to protect me from isolation. One has to undress from all the coverings, clothes, curtains, masks, and meaningless chattering that still stick to one’s being when one is severed from others." — StreetlightX
Sounds like a meditative state."One has to undress from all the coverings, clothes, curtains, masks, and meaningless chattering that still stick to one’s being when one is severed from others."
I know that feeling, maybe the solution is to reach some degree of friendship with her. Through laughter, or mutual appreciation of something. I know that this might not be possible if there is some kind of personality dissonance.trivial, but it really is frustrating to just want to be home, like just be at home, and then have to either make small talk, or awkwardly remain silent every single time you have to go to the bathroom or make a sandwich
Yes, but my local auction house is closed now. I do have a similar thought about antiques, they might become devalued for a generation, or permanently.I heard the same and that it actually lingers after recovery. I'd sell your whiskey collection before it's too late.
The state of New York overtook Germany in the number of infections (and deaths) as it had done earlier the United Kingdom. Compared by population, the UK is three times larger and Germany four times larger than New York State. Only China, Spain and Italy have more infections, if we look at the official numbers. — ssu
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