For how long, I wonder, will the arrival of early March bring a frisson of anxiety? Four years have gone by since Italy was the first country outside China to “lock down”. Though we didn’t call it that then. The anglocentric pandemic lexicon hadn’t yet been established, and the lack of vocabulary to explain the situation only served to exacerbate its anomalous nature. Such was the alarmed curiosity with which Italy was viewed by the rest of the world that I was asked to write
Wonderful meditation and beautiful photos.
Beautiful words for an ugly time