Item
Use. Full.
Title (Dublin Core)
Use. Full.
Description (Dublin Core)
This story, "Use. Full" speaks to my feelings of uselessness as lockdown set in and the irony that, because I had the time and not much else to do - because I knew people who knew people and was armed with a smart phone and limitless wifi - I was able to be of use in a remote, emergency situation. I am a professional actor, writer and singer, for whom all performance work was brought to an abrupt halt. I have family and friends who are clinicians and who, unlike me, (still) find themselves on the frontlines of the pandemic dealing with their own pandemic-wrought stress. There was something strangely comical about doing nothing, this enforced idleness, being touted as my patriotic duty. It is especially difficult to accept that proposition when usefulness and productivity have been so ingrained and associated with 'getting your hands dirty.' My smartphone and computer, devices often derided as barriers to 'real' human connection became the conduits for the only real connection we could have other than with the loved ones we were isolating with. The 'pings' of text notifications were welcome accompaniments to days spent reading, watching movies, amusing ourselves with the latest pandemic-inspired memes.
Date (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Micro text story
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Conflict
English
Emotion
English
Economy
English
Social Distance
English
Social Media (including Memes)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Performing Arts
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
11/21/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
11/22/2020
02/22/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
04/04/2020
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This item was submitted on November 21, 2020 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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