So. At the beginning of Covid-19 the hoops were taking down due to the fact we all have to be 6 feet away and wearing mask. But just 2 weeks ago, I went by the Omar Polanco Basketball Court on Oxford St and I was nice to see people playing basketball after a long time of being in quarantine.]]>
Deep Breath represents the struggles of a teen seeing my classmates behind a screen in 2020-2021. Along with the efforts of learning on zoom, I touched on the impact online learning had on sleep, my mental health, and the time lost during this period. I represented sleep in my art with the association of counting sheep. While they get shot the opportunity for rest shrinks because of constantly being on a screen. Without getting the sleep that was so desperately needed, my mental health began to decline which often left me breaking down during classes. The best way I can describe the way time went by, is that it felt almost stolen from me. Each day felt copied and pasted from the previous, which left me feeling robbed of new experiences I could have had during that time. My struggles during online learning are not the same as everyone else's, but I hope Deep Breath was able to communicate something that words couldn't. ]]>