Hey Jessi, Thank you for posting this great read. Glad to hear you all are safe and sound. We are too, in California. Your article is helping me move forward my own boulder of heavy thoughts about how humanity will reconfigure itself moving forward. I am thinking about the "economy", the "state", and the future of "Identity" politics. Globalization was already dissolving the geographic and bodily borders drawn by the Westphalian model of nation-states so much so that I think this worldwide threat (via COVID19) could knock that model down entirely... So, what will *we* create in its place? This is a moment that has the potential to trigger so many beautiful configurations of social contracts (Lockean hopes) where value(s) may be redefined...On the other hand, it could also trigger repressive, confining configurations of power and control (Hobbesian dreams). I hope to write something about this and welcome any thoughts...I will continue to read your posts and thank you for engaging in this fragile conversation.
Miss you guys and sending lots of love and good card games. Sara
How wonderful to hear from you. I have been grateful to be in a somewhat rural area, so I understand a bit of how the transplantation might feel. I wrote about what this quarantine is like for me and Mason, and that has been reprinted (along with many other personal essays) in the Colorado Sun. https://coloradosun.com/2020/03/27/the-pandemic-is-overwhelming-maybe-humanity-could-use-a-big-time-out/ Now, as all my classes and outings have been cancelled, I'm trying something new -- offering a drawing class on Thursdays via Zoom. Drawing centers me, so I hope it will do the same for others.
Hey Jessi, Thank you for posting this great read. Glad to hear you all are safe and sound. We are too, in California. Your article is helping me move forward my own boulder of heavy thoughts about how humanity will reconfigure itself moving forward. I am thinking about the "economy", the "state", and the future of "Identity" politics. Globalization was already dissolving the geographic and bodily borders drawn by the Westphalian model of nation-states so much so that I think this worldwide threat (via COVID19) could knock that model down entirely... So, what will *we* create in its place? This is a moment that has the potential to trigger so many beautiful configurations of social contracts (Lockean hopes) where value(s) may be redefined...On the other hand, it could also trigger repressive, confining configurations of power and control (Hobbesian dreams). I hope to write something about this and welcome any thoughts...I will continue to read your posts and thank you for engaging in this fragile conversation.
Miss you guys and sending lots of love and good card games. Sara
Keep sharing Jessi. I love your thoughtful missives. Your reflections are always so helpful. Now, especially so.
So thankful to read this!
How wonderful to hear from you. I have been grateful to be in a somewhat rural area, so I understand a bit of how the transplantation might feel. I wrote about what this quarantine is like for me and Mason, and that has been reprinted (along with many other personal essays) in the Colorado Sun. https://coloradosun.com/2020/03/27/the-pandemic-is-overwhelming-maybe-humanity-could-use-a-big-time-out/ Now, as all my classes and outings have been cancelled, I'm trying something new -- offering a drawing class on Thursdays via Zoom. Drawing centers me, so I hope it will do the same for others.