#OnHoldAtHome with Crixell & Morgan
“The pandemic has given us a certain amount of appreciation for routine and our home.”
What are your fears and/or concerns right now?
Crixell: I’m concerned that people aren’t taking this seriously enough, putting us both at more risk while we’re at work (I’m a photojournalist and Morgan works retail), or doing essential things like grocery shopping. We’re worried they will drag this on forever with their ignorance.
What have you learned from living this new normal?
Morgan: I’ve learned that I struggle with social isolation more than I thought I would. Not being able to casually touch people, like hugging friends and family, has been particularly difficult.
Crixell: The two of us are fortunate enough that we haven’t experienced as much change as others. We both are still working. I’ve shifted to working from home, which honestly, I’ve been loving. We’ve also been fairly social – we’ve just moved our sessions or hangouts into a digital format. The pandemic has given us a certain amount of appreciation for routine and our home. Without outside distractions, we’ve been able to focus on doing things we’ve been talking about forever, but just never got around to doing.
Do you think anything positive will come from all of this?
Morgan: No, I don’t. I don’t see any possibility for large/small-scale American society to put the effort into making changes from this.
Crixell: I go back and forth on this one. Part of me hopes that we’ll see some positive change (in the form of awareness - environmental, economic, social, etc.), but I’m also fairly pessimistic when it comes to humans, particularly in American society. I think we’re already seeing how quickly people are willing to forget or ignore problems in order to “go back to normal.”
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