Item
Self-portrait with mask, May 2020
Title (Dublin Core)
Self-portrait with mask, May 2020
Description (Dublin Core)
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.
Professor of English.
Date (Dublin Core)
May 9, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Julia Miele Rodas
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Julia Miele Rodas
Partner (Dublin Core)
Bronx Community College
Type (Dublin Core)
portrait
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Art & Design
English
Neighborhoods
English
Parks
English
Environment & Landscape
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
New York
lockdown
mask
self-portrait
death
painting
acrylic
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
mask
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
lockdown
loneliness
April
painting
self-portrait
Collection (Dublin Core)
Deathways
Environment
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
01/31/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/02/2021
04/21/2021
05/17/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/09/2020
Format (Dublin Core)
image/jpeg
Original Format (Omeka Classic)
acrylic painting on paper
Rights (Dublin Core)
CC-ND-NC 4.0
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”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/bronx-community-college-new-york
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