‽istis wants to reclaim a lighter tone but… (weekending
April 4th 2020)
‽istis wants so desperately to reclaim a lighter tone; but perhaps any ‘tone’ is a point on a continuum?
Yet, whilst ‽istis generally seeks to embrace a fluid, non-binary, shades-of-grey-between-black-and-white position; more shimmering reflective mercury than dull, set concrete; even a 'quantumly' approach to things – maybe a crisis narrows the options?
Perhaps, possibly, maybe some people are very much - only:
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in or out
‽
working from home
or having to go to work
‽
clapping the
health and social care staff and the essential workers - or not
‽
following the
science or being swayed by other imperatives
‽
flouting the guidance
or complying
‽
tested or
untested
‽
right now, washing
their hands or not
‽
in touch with
friends and family via social media or unconnected, offline
‽
guarded by
appropriate PPE[i]
or vulnerable and at risk
‽
safe at home or
at risk at home
‽
sharing and
collaborating or retaining competitively
‽
coughing or
clear-chested
‽
waving or
drowning
‽
fearful or calm, fatalistic
or faith-full, hopeful or utterly despairing
‽
rested or
absolutely exhausted
‽
accessing much
needed health care and treatment for existing conditions or on hold
‽
receiving financial
help or mounting up the overwhelming debts
‽
full or hungry
‽
creating or
slumping
‽
dressed or still
in pyjamas
‽
in conducive
social conditions or utterly exposed because of: poverty, living in a crowded
refugee camp, in a place of war or conflict (perhaps add your own list of
circumstances)…
‽
breathing with
the assistance of a ventilator or not
‽
together or alone
‽
alive…
And ‽istis (now thoroughly far, far away from a lighter tone) longs for the chance - past, present and future - to help make things different.
© Pistis
