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We had to cancel my daughter’s 16th birthday the day before. She was crushed. My husband was able to get the last Orange Chicken at Trader Joe’s so she could have something she liked for dinner. The cashier ran out to the parking lot and gave him a free bouquet of flowers and said, “This is for your daughter”.

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Buying plane tickets to Bodrum to visit my grieving dad in the summer

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No wind. Looking at daughter. She seems frightened

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Chicago

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Patagonia

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Wearing disposable plastic gloves at the airport

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Wearing disposable plastic gloves at the airport

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Flour, sugar, flour, sugar, flour

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Trust

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Civility

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Travel (until recently)

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My health

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My daughter’s birthday happened right near the start of lockdown. She turned 2, so she didn’t realize anything was different. She loved her cake and birthday dress - and her loved ones were all the people she needed. She had an amazing day. She had no idea what she was missing, or what her birthday couldn’t been like in normal circumstances. She didn’t need anything or anyone else, though. She was happy.

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At home in Los Angeles

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Performing not far from here at the Skirball

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My best friend had come from out of town to celebrate our birthdays, so we celebrated with friends and went to an amusement park with my kid

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Working

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Celebrating my birthday

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I am haunted by the ghost of positive social interactions. Now, all I want to do is yell at people. I miss who I was.

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I am haunted by the ghost of positive social interactions. Now, all I want to do is yell at people. I miss who I was.

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I was home after traveling to Portland. I had beers in bars.

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I was teaching a creative writing class. I told them we’d be in quarantine for 3 or 4 months. I was wrong.

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I looked at the sunrise after a particularly terrible January 2020, and said, “alright 2020. This was a bad start, you’re on thin ice, but you get one more chance.”
I think it blew it.

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At a funeral in Philadelphia. My husband cousin had died in an accident. During our long weekend back on the east coast for the funeral, I took a half day train ride and visit to NYC. My friend, with her newborn tentatively permitted me into her brooklyn apartment. Shoes off, but kisses permitted. I saw her again two years later when she was just walking. A reminder of how quickly young children over such short periods of time. And how time, has no bearing on how quickly young children evolve.

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One of my colleagues had a son in Asia at the time.  She was quietly telling us we would be shut down and soon.  It was so hard to believe.  When it did finally happen, it was challenging to say goodbye to my students in person.  They had just so many questions I did not have the answers to.  

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One of my colleagues had a son in Asia at the time.  She was quietly telling us we would be shut down and soon.  It was so hard to believe.  When it did finally happen, it was challenging to say goodbye to my students in person.  They had just so many questions I did not have the answers to.  

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Learning how to teach online overnight was completely consuming.   While the rest of the world was busy being bored, I hardly had time to sleep or eat.  

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Learning how to teach online overnight was completely consuming.   While the rest of the world was busy being bored, I hardly had time to sleep or eat.  

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I just returned from Stuttgart Germany after attending my aunt’s 100 year birthday party.  I got sick the day before and still flew home, glad I got to stretch out on the plane, felt bad for people around me. Ended up tested negative for COVID

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Freaking out in line at the DTLA Japanese grocery store in long lines carrying two weeks worth of groceries

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I was attending my friends’ gallery openings in LA

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I was in Aspen, Colorado visiting my son and celebrating my birthday.  Came down with the flu while there.  

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I was in Aspen, Colorado visiting my son and celebrating my birthday.  Came down with the flu while there.  

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Just returning from our honeymoon in Peru & Patagonia (Chile)

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Had just moved in to our new house. 🏠

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We where in Between Michigan Las Vegas and la.

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I was spending time dancing with my new boyfriend, who was staying in AZ for the season.
The end of that February we parted, knowing we would see each other in two weeks but the pandemic shut everything down and I have not seen him since.

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Not seeing my father with dementia for 18 months - it was losing time with someone I love that already feels so short

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I was in the Biosphere in Arizona at a training for climate artist/activists. It was surreal to be with this national group of artists while it was all starting to unravel.

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I would to give more to people.

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It just feels meaner the world

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It was just so still and so dead. I just remember driving in L.A with no trouble and with open roads like a ghost town.

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The ability to just hangout one last time before looking down

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On the first Saturday I was manning the security post at the front of the Getty Center turning people away because we were closed. The same day was when we had a meeting with the head boss about our we would be paided and how things would work while closed.

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I with my mother, who I take care of, were in search of house and I was seeking to move up in positions. I had been tuned into the announcement of the pandemic since it was first reported in china.

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We kept ourselves indoor for “eternity” for the sake of keeping others safe. 

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We kept ourselves indoor for “eternity” for the sake of keeping others safe. 

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I wasn’t able to enjoy the vibrant culture scene which for centuries have characterised the gorgeous New York City. 

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I wasn’t able to enjoy the vibrant culture scene which for centuries have characterised the gorgeous New York City. 

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Finding out that I got the rights from the playwright to produce a play never before performed in the US for my senior thesis. The play still has yet to be performed in the US. I hope to still be the one who does it someday.

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I was in New York. I remember every night at 7pm, people would open their windows and clapped (and make sounds with pots and bowls) as a gesture to thank first respondents. 

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I was in New York. I remember every night at 7pm, people would open their windows and clapped (and make sounds with pots and bowls) as a gesture to thank first respondents. 

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I was a grad student at NYU. Before the lock-down, I had been complaining about his heavy the workload of one of my compulsory courses, which required constant visit to a hospital archive. 

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I was a grad student at NYU. Before the lock-down, I had been complaining about his heavy the workload of one of my compulsory courses, which required constant visit to a hospital archive. 

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At Kamasi Washington's concncert in Brooklyn.

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At Kamasi Washington's concncert in Brooklyn.

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Having theme nights with the other women I lived with, high school musical screening nights, dance parties, making up for all of the memories we didn’t get to make during our last few months at University together

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Rocky Mountain National Park, had my last in-door dinner before the National lock-down.

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Rocky Mountain National Park, had my last in-door dinner before the National lock-down.

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I was about to graduate from college after 4 years working towards a thesis I was never able to perform.

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I visited the Getty Villa for the first time on January 31, 2020.

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Opening Eurydice at LAOpera….

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Ordering tea and cocktails from our favorite struggling businesses

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I’m not sure. I think different groups have had to sacrifice different things. Essential workers have had to sacrifice so much without enough recognition from the rest of us.

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At home. No doubt watching hours of TikTok.

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Not spending time with family and friends. Seeing only a few people in person for almost a year. Celebrating my 30th birthday over FaceTime.

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I got to be a magician’s assistant in Zoom show with a friend. We thought it was silly and novel, and it turned out to be his first of hundreds.

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The greatest sacrifice was killing thr illusion that we are a country of people working for the greater good.

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There was still snow on the ground when the lockdown started and I was surprised when spring showed up anyway, in spite of how many things had changed

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My wife and I had a yearlong sabbatical, Summer 2018-summer 2019. We had to rush into school with our 2 boys, August and Nico, 5 & 3, and jogged by every morning under the gargoyles of Notre Dame in a double wide jogging stroller

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In NYC chasing my hopes and dreams, and eating pizza indoors

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Honestly, I don’t know that it has been a sacrifice. I’ve had more time to focus on outside projects with fewer distractions. I know I have been very lucky.

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I had just scheduled my PhD defense and was working on getting approval to travel to my university for the exam later in the spring. (I ended up defending over zoom.)

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my mom and i would go on walks

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Seeing my niece wail when she received an email that the internship of her dreams had been cancelled due to COVID.

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No photos from that day in my phone. The day before I went to pick up takeout from a really fancy place’s brand new takeout service. It was weird & we got more food than we paid for since they were trying to clean out the fridge, apparently.

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it was just a school day, but that day i had design class and we talked about current events, the most current being the “new disease” that was going around.

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Traffic was gone! Every dark cloud does have a silver lining.

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From my phone archive, it looks like I was eating grilled cheese at home. Three days later I went to a dinner for restaurant week in Santa Fe. By the end of restaurant week, I kind of suspected that would be my last week going to restaurants for awhile.

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Watching my wife and three teenage girls do The Renegade

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I was home, hosting a good friend who had come out to LA to find all his plans had been cancelled. I was happy to help him be safe.

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I was in LA, just back from a trip to Disneyland, on the way to Ojai. Life was serene.

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i had just gotten my braces on so really all i can remember was eating apple sauce and sleeping

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Being in England for Christmas and New Years. Staying in luxury shopping in many stores full of beautiful items and lots of massless people. Christmas streets and stores decorated with Christmas decorations and sparking lights. People singing Christmas songs, dancing, laughing, etc.  Everyone’s faces full of joy and excitement and anticipation of the holiday fun each day

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Being in England for Christmas and New Years. Staying in luxury shopping in many stores full of beautiful items and lots of massless people. Christmas streets and stores decorated with Christmas decorations and sparking lights. People singing Christmas songs, dancing, laughing, etc.  Everyone’s faces full of joy and excitement and anticipation of the holiday fun each day

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I stayed home watched the news 24 hours a day exhausting my brain with information and making plans

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I stayed home watched the news 24 hours a day exhausting my brain with information and making plans

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I was returning from Las Vegas concert. Arrived in Los Angeles went to the store for a few things such as milk, toilet paper, etc and many shelves were empty. My friend and I were puzzled and thought this was very strange.  The next morning the shut down was announced 

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I was returning from Las Vegas concert. Arrived in Los Angeles went to the store for a few things such as milk, toilet paper, etc and many shelves were empty. My friend and I were puzzled and thought this was very strange.  The next morning the shut down was announced 

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Can we even use the word collective to describe our society or current state? We lack empathy, compassion, tolerance as citizens-- individualism reigns over community and country. Racism, American imperialism and the demise of democracy is the biggest virus that COVID-19 helped to uncover. 

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Can we even use the word collective to describe our society or current state? We lack empathy, compassion, tolerance as citizens-- individualism reigns over community and country. Racism, American imperialism and the demise of democracy is the biggest virus that COVID-19 helped to uncover. 

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I remember being on a work call in the early teleworking days and I was sitting in my driveway and a squirrel hopped down off my fence to come and fetch a square of cheese. A few days a later the squirrel returned and then the day after and after-- I knew her (Sochi's) patchwork fur. One and a half years after lockdown -- my family basically adopted that squirrel and all of her babies and squirrels now come to our front door for a pecans and walnuts. It evolved into a hobby of sorts.

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Losing so many, possibly needlessly.

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Living without my darling

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Sending my feverish husband off to Kaiser Cadillac late Palm Sunday evening with our daughter and son-in-law

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Wonderful lunch inside at Cafe Chez Marie and shopping in person at Bristol Farms Westwood

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Not seeing my parents for 15 months. Not seeing my brother in London for over 2 years.

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Not seeing my parents for 15 months. Not seeing my brother in London for over 2 years.

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on a 7 am Jetblue flight to NYC to see my folks and be in New York for my Uncle Sal's birthday

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on a 7 am Jetblue flight to NYC to see my folks and be in New York for my Uncle Sal's birthday

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I showed up at The Getty Center for my docent shift the week of the lock-down. I recall at the morning meeting, in the docent lounge a staff member telling us docents "you're volunteers and you don't have to report to your shifts if you don't want to". I recall thinking "why would I not want to show up for my shifts? I enjoy coming here and doing my work as a Getty docent". The next day I got an email from The Getty saying their docent program as been suspended until further notice. And then the next day I got an email saying the Museum has closed. It all happened so fast.

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The family owned pharmacy in Burbank I used suddenly went out of business without reason or any notification. I quickly got set up with a local CVS Pharmacy. Running low on my meds I had to make a trip to the store to pick up my prescriptions. It was very odd. I got there in the morning when the store opened to avoid crowds. I wore a mask and gloves. A person waiting in line behind me began coughing and I started to feel a sense of panic. I couldn't wait to get to of there. And I feel badly for the people who worked there, who had to stay there all day.

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I had an appointment with my dentist that day in Century City. Teeth cleaning, X-rays, one cavity filled. All seemed pretty routine, definitely no Coronavirus safety precautions in place at that time. I do as recall an artist friend of mine telling me his gallery show in Shanghai, scheduled to open in March had been cancelled with no word when it would be opening. We both found that very troublesome news, for a variety of reasons.

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Realizing that people can’t get their heads around the fact that getting vaccinated is NOT a force-field & whether the person next to you is vaccinated or not has nothing to do with you getting the virus.

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Not seeing my daughter who lives in NY for a year.

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How lucky I was that I deal with horses since the care was considered essential and nothing changed at the farm.

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Thinking back to something a friend said at the end of 2019, that he was worried about what “this virus is going to do to the world”.

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At the barn tending to the animals - they didn’t stop during lockdown and farms were considered essential.

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Doing the same things I did after lockdown! Which was eye opening!

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The previous weekend (the 16th), I had just wrapped up my daughter's 2nd birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese with lots of friends and family. It was a crowded restaurant and the kids were running, playing games, and we were just beginning to worry about germ spread amongst the little ones. Later that week, on the 20th -- I was making plans to attend a surfing event in honor of Black History Month. I remember cleaning my board, organizing my gear, and trying on my warmest wetsuit for the cold February air and water temperature. I would end up meeting, surfing, and having a late lunch with between 15 - 20 people and there were handshakes and hugs. That was a wonderful series of days and carefree crowding.

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The loss of so many lives world wide and the sacrifices made by medical workers in every part of the world. My own personal sacrifices to make sure that my family and loved ones stayed healthy and safe !

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The loss of so many lives world wide and the sacrifices made by medical workers in every part of the world. My own personal sacrifices to make sure that my family and loved ones stayed healthy and safe !