The pandemic is very Kafkaesque. Amid the turbulence of mask warfare, the lockdown’s existential eruptions and vaccine implosions, the droll antagonisms issuing in the wake of COVID-19’s steamroll campaign over our once idle-minded society, a turbulent inner torment stews within our collective consciousness. People are freaking out and are experiencing online spiritual meltdowns across the…
Requiem for our Fall
As they say, hindsight is 20/20. In our case, literally. Fifty-six days into 2021, the insufferable load that was last year is now settling into my psyche’s memory circuits. The other day I was sitting and thinking, as I’m prone to do. I found myself reminiscing about the past year, longingly. As if the year…
A brief pandemic travelogue: Carmel, California
I wrote this on February 10, during the week we drove to Carmel, approximately 5-6 hours away from SoCal by car. Just a few observations I jotted which I’ve procrastinated over. Trips quickly retreat to hazy memory once they are done and “real life” takes over. Photographs and diary forms are the best way to…