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Humans of Covid-19 AU: Montana

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Humans of Covid-19 AU: Montana

Description (Dublin Core)

“People are often saying that it sounds so nice and relaxing working from home, but I've been finding the opposite. It’s really exhausting, more so than a day at the office. I think it's because you’re fighting so many distractions, both consciously and unconsciously, all day.
For me, art is often mental health focused. The reason that I do the art is for my personal mental health, it's a really good outlet for me to feel calm and understand my feelings and thoughts. But I also make the art to share it with others and build a community of people that can support each other and feel reassured by relating to others’ feelings.
I love that people are turning to art as an outlet during this time. I'm a big believer that creativity can help people to reach a state of mindfulness and act as a preventative measure to mental health issues.
I’ve noticed that people are being so generous and compassionate. As I go for walks, I notice that people have got baskets out on the nature-strip, offering their things, and sending letters to each other. It’s really wholesome.
COVID19 has made me realize that there are so many things we do everyday that contribute to the decay of earth, but are completely unnecessary.”

Instagram post on Montana, illustrator, and her experience during the pandemic, which was created by a psychology student living in Melbourne who was interested to hear about how COVID-19 was impacting on different peoples’ lives.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 6, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Amira Moshinsky

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Jen Rodriguez

Type (Dublin Core)

Instagram post

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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Emotion
English Health & Wellness
English Recreation & Leisure

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

social change
personal experience
anxiety
mental health
art
creativity
Australia

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/03/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/22/2020
06/27/2020

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/06/2020

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This item was submitted on June 22, 2020 by Jen Rodriguez 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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