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Self-portrait with mask, May 2020

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Self-portrait with mask, May 2020

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During the pandemic, I often walk in Brooklyn's historic Green-Wood Cemetery with its rolling hills, lovely views, and fantastic old monuments; it's also where my grandparents are buried. I've always loved the beautiful, timeless melancholy of the place, but during the pandemic, it was also a strange comfort to read the headstones and think of the people buried all around me. Life, sickness, crisis, death are all just part of being human. These dead humans also lived, suffered, died, and now it's just another version of the same thing. The self-portrait included here is based on a photo I took of myself in Green-Wood as I wandered there one day in April 2020, looking to get away from lockdown and to find company among the graves.
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Type (Dublin Core)

portrait

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English
English
English

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/31/2021

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02/02/2021
04/21/2021
05/17/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/09/2020

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image/jpeg

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acrylic painting on paper

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CC-ND-NC 4.0

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This item was submitted on January 31, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share your story- Bronx” on the site “Bronx Community College New York”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/bronx-community-college-new-york

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