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Taking my plants home for a month
Title (Dublin Core)
Taking my plants home for a month
Description (Dublin Core)
On March 17, 2020 I drove to the university campus where I work to retrieve materials from my office and to rescue my plants. The WHO had just declared the pandemic. My university administration had sent an email in the late afternoon saying that the campus buildings would be closing for a month starting at midnight that same day. So I rushed to campus to grab some essentials. It was surreal to enter my office and pack it up when just days before things felt normal but there was a growing sense of dread. I saw this artwork in my office - I keep it to help me remember that hard times can be turned around through a shift in perspective. It cheered me up as I packed up my plants. I posted about it, saying that I was packing up my office for 'a month at home'. I've been working from home and teaching from home for over a year now. Campus remains closed to non-essential activities. My plants have taken over our unused guest room in the ensuing year. When I look at this I am viscerally reminded of that day and how much uncertainty there was - and naiveté about what we were in for.
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Screenshot of social media
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--Universities
English
Emotion
English
Art & Design
English
Environment & Landscape
English
Health & Wellness
English
Cities & Suburbs
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/19/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/20/2021
03/25/2021
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This item was submitted on March 19, 2021 by Christopher Collins using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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