Hurtle Street
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If you observe this piece and feel nothing, feel free to supplant that nothingness with the intentions and title provided below.
But if you do feel something, read no further. Keep those feelings and impressions instead - for they will be worth much more to you.
Stifle
The people of Melbourne share a new camaraderie in having been in lockdown for longer than anyone else in the world. Lives have been halted and precious momentum lost, beloved small businesses have crumbled, families have been separated. Whenever there was a gap in lockdowns or a relaxing of the rules, people seized the opportunity and made the most they could out of every moment of freedom. We found ourselves bottlenecked, cramped, stagnant and anxious.
I painted this with the intention showing that restrictions foster creativity, that in every crisis there is opportunity, and that when your precious sense of progress toward a completed whole is arrested, there is a new kind of beauty in the the little pieces right in front of you. To highlight the beauty exists at the levels of zoom and completedness other than 100%. That while we may be denied our ultimate ambitions by forces beyond our control, a simple measure of presence and gratitude for what is right in front of us can transform that stifling crush energy into something worth harnessing, utilising, or even celebrating.
