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2021-01-20
This afternoon, around 11 am in New Orleans, while in cultural geography class, Joe Biden was officially inaugurated as president in Washington D.C, just outside of the United States Capitol Building, a place that was overrun with insurrectionists inspired to help fight for Donald Trump against the “rigged election”. Upon his ceremony, Biden became the 45th man to hold the power of commander-in-chief, and the 46th president. This is because Grover Cleveland served 2 non-consecutive terms in the 19th century. Biden’s presidency comes in a time of political darkness and separation, so it makes sense that he spent his final moments on the campaign trail preaching for a unified America, but as things are, it’s tough to see one in our future. America is also facing its worst crisis since the economic crash of 2008, as more than 400,000 American’s have lost their lives to coronavirus. It’s probably the craziest political scene that any president has inherited. It’s a tough job from here on out and I wish him the best of luck for the next 4 years. It’s been a dramatic week and a crazy 4 years of my life. It feels like yesterday, but also 100 years ago when I was in 4th grade casting my vote for Hillary via google form with classmates. It is certainly a new day in America, after what feels like a century of frustration for some, and pure joy for others.
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2021-04-17
Recently CNBC has released an article on my story in the Pfizer Vaccine Trial. I got interviewed about a week ago, and I helped in the making of the article. It is on a division of CNBC called CNBC Make It. CNBC Make It is a section of CNBC that specializes in money, wellness, and heartwarming stories. I have gotten to know the writer, Cory Stieg, well and it was great working with her. The article goes into detail about how the trial works and my experience with the trial. This experience has been amazing from both ends, Pfizer and CNBC. I hope that I inspired others to make a change in the world and to try and pursue your passions.
Link to Article in Description
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2021-01-04
This is my first day back from the new year and I am making my resolutions. I had recently found out that Stefan and Hudson play tennis which is a sport I used to play. I also just finished music class where we played the piano and I thought it was really fun so I wanted to get into it.
Tyler
1/4/21
New Orleans, LA
Coronavirus Journal
I am going to start playing tennis again. I used to play it, but because of covid I stopped taking lessons and never really got back into it. I am also getting into piano, so my mom said she could get me some lessons for that. I don't know if I will have time to do these both considering the fact that I have baseball 3 days a week and workouts 2 days a week, but I will try and make it work. Piano is also an old habit as I played it a couple years ago. I didn't really know much, but now I understand the piano and not just memorize the notes, so I think I could be successful in getting much better at piano by taking lessons. I also hope that I will improve more than I did at tennis the first time. But of course this will all take a lot of hard work and practice. Stefan and Hudson also play tennis and they play each other sometimes, so I hope that once I am good enough I will be able to beat them. I will need to remind my mom that I want to begin practicing these things though as I think she forgot to sign me up for piano lessons and about me playing tennis in general. I am excited to start practicing these things and improve. Especially tennis because I haven't played in a long time and I really enjoy it.
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2020-09-18
This is near the beginning of the school year. I am still settling into 8th grade and am yet used to life during coronavirus. This is the first birthday I have had to celebrate over zoom which was really weird. This is still the stage of Coronavirus Journals where I say what I ate for lunch.
Tyler
9/18/20
New Orleans, LA
Coronavirus Journal
Today is Friday, and Rosh Hashanah. I don’t think my family will celebrate though. I know we will be celebrating my grandpa’s birthday tonight over a zoom dinner. I am really excited to talk to my grandparents because I haven’t spoken to them for a long time because of covid. Today I woke up at 7:48 am and I am really lucky that we have til 8:15 to get to school because I would have definitely been late. Yesterday I had a baseball scrimmage and did pretty well. Today for lunch I had a turkey and swiss cheese sandwich and some barbecue chips. I am pretty lucky to have no homework today since I had Science, History, and Band.
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2020-09-01
This was the first day of school of 8th grade and the whole mask thing and all of the precautions were new to me as we just got out of quarantine. I didn’t know what to expect as the outcome of the year and was just taking it all in.
Tyler
9/1/20
New Orleans, LA
Coronavirus Journal
Today I ate a turkey and swiss cheese sandwich for lunch. I ate with my advisory. I had drama today and we played “Greetings Your Majesty”, which is basically where you come behind somebody and say “greetings your majesty” with a weird voice. If they guess who said that to them they get to stay as majesty, but If they don't then the person who spoke gets to be majesty. There is a jester who chooses who gets to go. After school today I am going to Coach Luke for pitching lessons instead of travel baseball practice because we already said we would go to pitching. Of course before that I will do my homework and if I don't finish before I leave for practice I will finish it after school. Today wasn't very special in any sort, but last Saturday was my Bar Mitzvah which was on zoom and my Bar Mitzvah party which only had like 6 kids. Last Thursday I turned 13 years old. In Docs class today we watched him do an experiment from 2 years ago and answered questions about it. On a sadder note - the actor who played Balck Panther - Chadwick Boseman died last Friday at the age of 43. I had recess in the Valmont Courtyard today and I played taps, wallball, and four square. Because of the pandemic we played foursquare using only our feet and heads. I didn't play taps and wall ball for long because a lot of people joined. Today was a pretty normal day, but a crazy week.
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2021-02-23
It is about my predictions for the future of the world
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2020-09-08
It is about me going back to school after choosing virtual school for the first few weeks
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2021-05-03
It is about me getting covid and my pretty mild experience with it
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2021-02-13
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world.“Cast Away COVID Island” on Vallette St. in Algiers Point shows all the craziness we put up with this past year.
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2021-02-13
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. “Little Shop of 2020 Horrors” on Bouny St. in Algiers Point paid tribute to a variety of things that made 2020 a crazy year including the coronavirus.
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2021-02-08
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. “2021 -- Here We Go Again!” on St. Charles used ABBA songs and a "Mamma Mia!" theme to send up a variety of things related to the pandemic.
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2021-02-08
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. This House Float on S. Galvez, “Life is a Crap-aret”, celebrated what a shitty year 2020 was.
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2021-02-07
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. Tiffany Assaf Tandecki came up with the concept for “Schitt$ Streets” for in front of her Canal Blvd. home; Artist Lindsay DeBlieux realized it.
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2021-02-06
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. Here's “The Clinic” on N. Rampart St.
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2021-02-04
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. Erin Whitely & Aaron Whitely's interactive “Jeopardy” House Float on Chippewa Street was one of the most memorable and creative. Here's also that day's "Answer" that came up on your cell phone when you scanned the QR Code.
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2021-02-02
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. This installation on St. Charles Avenue honored “Saint Dolly” and her $1million donation for the COVID vaccine. Of all the House Floats, it was my favorite!
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2021-02-02
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. This installation by a member of the subversive Krewe of Tucks is “Don't procrastinate. Vaccinate!” on Camp Street.
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2021-02-02
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world. This installation shows “Don't Panic -- Chewy's Guide to da COVID Galaxy” on Camp Street.
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2021-01-29
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to possibly offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world.
This is a detail of an installation that shows how many people are feeling these days, “Cuckoo from COVID”
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2021-01-29
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to possibly offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world.
This installation, shows how many people are feeling these days, “Cuckoo from COVID”
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2021-01-29
With Carnival parades cancelled, somebody had the bright idea to start the Krewe of House Floats to (a) make up for it and (b) to possibly offer work to unemployed float artisans. The results have gone beyond everyone's wildest imagination with 5,000+ people signing up in New Orleans, surrounding parishes, and around the world.
This creation, at 430 Harrison Ave., gives the perspective of the crowd and advises people, “Six Feet when possible Y'All”.
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2020-07-03
WE ❤️ ESSENTIAL WORKERS made out of paper and plastic cups in the fence surrounding Haynes Academy
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2020-05-28
2600-block of Burgundy, Roots of Music's graduation
Due to COVID, this wonderful program couldn't have its traditional graduation so they moved it outside. As a supporter of Roots of Music I got an email about it and was happy to be "in the audience" for this group who, tho they're only graduating from 8th grade, play on the college level
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2020-05-21
Outside Prytania Theater, Happy 60th Uncle Bill
How sweet and cute and thoughtful, I thought, and probably never would've been done had we not all been quarantined causing reduced traffic on Prytania
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2020-05-16
200-block of Dauphine, “Be NOLA Kind” (or "Be Kind NOLA"?) (2020) by Kyleigh Doodles and Bruna Petalla, part of Plywood Project Nola
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2020-05-16
200-block of Dauphine, "Sun" by Anonymous, part of Plywood Project NOLA
So I asked if I could take his photo and he seemed to agree (it was a bit hard to understand him since he was wearing a mask, not to prevent against COVID (well, that too) but against the paint fumes) and he posed like that. I asked him if he wanted to turn around and he replied “I prefer to remain anonymous.”
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2020-05-05
1927-29 N. Rampart St., DON'T INJECT BLEACH, GEAUX VOTE INSTEAD
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2020-05-05
617 Chartres, Miles Davis image
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2020-05-05
617 Chartres, Sound of Love
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2020-05-05
617 Chartres, Louis Armstrong image
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2020-05-05
Royal and St. Ann
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2020-05-03
3401 St. Charles, "Medical Workers Thank You LOVE" was written (graffitied?) on the old K&B/Rite Aid building. Alas, about two weeks later, it was painted over.
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2020-06-19
241 Bourbon St., Bourbon Cowboy, "We will Survive 504"
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2020-06-19
Clarinetist Tim Laughlin performed every day on his Royal Street balcony from 5:30-6pm, offering a little bit of entertainment to substitute for the cancelled Jazzfest. This is from April 29.
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2020-06-19
As I was coming down Marconi Dr. in City Park, doing my Crescent City Classic bike ride for Covenant House, at Harrison Ave. I saw city workers putting up a sign about “Physical Distancing in Public Parks and Trails”
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2020-06-19
I was biking up to Audubon Park on April 4 and, at 5033 St. Charles, I saw this dog sculpture with a face mask
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2020-06-19
I was biking up St. Charles to Audubon Park on April 4 and these folks were socially distancing as only New Orleanians can
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2020-05-31
Corona journal dated May 2020. I created non-objective symbols from my subconscious during these times.
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2020-05-30
During the CVID-19 pandemic, a sign reading "Listen to Science, Not the President" hangs in the window of a home in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, LA.
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2020-06-11
A child's coloring book page depicting an ambulance and other essential workers hangs on a door in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans.
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2020-06-03
A sign hanging outside a grocery store reads "Bite Back Rent Strike A E May Day." During the pandemic, many people are unable to work or earn income and attempts have been made to organize a rent strike.
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2020-06-09
St. Paul Lutheran Church, located in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, hangs signs encouraging the public to "Wash Your Hands and Say Your Prayers." During the pandemic churches, including this one, have not been able to hold in-person services as part of the stay home order.
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2020-05-30
A sign hanging in the door of LB Saints Food Store informs customers that they will reopen June 1. LB Saints Food Store had been closed due to the pandemic.
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2020-05-30
A huge timeline of Trump's statements and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic hung on the exterior wall of a home in New Orleans, LA.
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2020-05-30
A painted sheet reading "Happy Mother's Day Mom I Miss You! Love, Nathan" hangs from a fence in the Bywater neighborhood.
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2020-05-23
70 days since the stay-at-home order went into effect in New Orleans, LA.
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05/21/2020
4WWL Eyewitness News
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05/22/2020
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music distributes food to Musician's Village residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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05/07/2020
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music distributes food to Musician's Village residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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05/16/2020
After I heard an unusual amount of honking, I stepped outside my home to see my neighbor decked out in her graduation cap and gown with an arch of balloons waving to friends and family who drove by in a series of cars honking and holding signs.
