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  2020-07-20

  The Driveway Project -Life in Lock down Photo series by Sandy Scheltema

  The Driveway Project - Life in Lockdown , aims to document life during these unprecedented times of social distancing due to the Corona Virus. It is a way to document history in Trentham and surrounds during this time of staying at home, and a way of helping families feel connected with others in the community. Photography can capture history by recording our changed circumstances during these difficult times. The project is photographing families who are in lockdown and working, studying, and doing remote schooling at home. Participants are asked to come out in their driveway as a family unit with items that represent what they have been doing in lockdown, and the photographer is documenting them outside their residence.
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  2020-04-13

  Plague Journal, Day 31: Whitman: "Beat! Beat! Drums!"

  I'm keeping a Covid-19 journal. Here's the latest entry, filled with obituaries, Walt Whitman's tales of Civil War hospitals, and a poem.
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  2020-05-03

  The revival of life once again

  This art piece “Revival of life once again” portrays dance moves of a life that we once had and took for granted before COVID-19. The girl in the center is dancing to the music as the music sways with the emotions of her body. There is a man on his knees playing the drums next to her and adding to the beats that the girl is dancing to. This painting also makes me hopeful of times after the quarantine when we will all be able to dance to the music the way that the girl is moving and play instruments the way that the man is playing his drum set. The Ferris wheel in the background is also reminiscent of summer festivals and amusement parks. We all desire to go back to fun Ferris wheels in summer festivals and amusement parks. Festivals brought a sort of fun and liveliness in our lives represented by all the different colors.