CORONA NONSENSE

As a kid - and later as a teenager - I used to draw all the time. Then life happened. Or rather, time - the greedy little beast - devoured that part of me and left it sitting somewhere in the dark, collecting dust. Truth is, I just got busy living.

I didn’t pick it up again until the whole Corona circus rolled in.

I’ll be honest - I’m not built for stillness. I live alone, and when boredom (and yeah, sometimes loneliness) creeps in, I head out. Into the streets, into the noise, into that electric hum of people and movement. That’s my fix. Sitting outside at a bar, cigarette in hand, proper conversations.

And then, overnight, everything stopped.

Even in Sagres, which didn’t go completely off the rails like other places, there were those phases. Shut down. Restricted. Sanitized life. So… what now? Not exactly a long list of options. I stayed home, opened a bottle, and drank alone.

My reaction to all that madness? Resistance. Pure and simple. Watching people seriously debate banning beach walks, human contact - as if that was ever going to make sense - yeah, that did something to me. And not in a good way.

Somewhere between boredom and a slight buzz, I ended up back at my computer… and started drawing again. And I never stopped.

This piece right here? The first one. Doesn’t need much explaining. I’m still stunned at how easily fundamental rights were tossed aside, wrapped up neatly in the excuse of “safety.” And how quickly people fell in line. Anyway. This episode is over. But my take on that whole Corona farce? Still very much alive. Nope. Not with me.

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