AFTER

After…

There will be more balance and appreciation hopefully.

After the smoke clears I’ll be able to see the bodies clearly

A chance for us not to let things slip back though it’s likely we will.

To continue to be more thoughtful about this precious planet. To continue to spend more time together, we have had some revaluation of late, that might not have happened if we go back on the treadmill.

I will create a new house so I can still play

We will build

Chaos

Business will be booming, theatre will be rammed, people will respect their friends and family more and appreciate seeing them, the sky will be polluted with fumes from planes and incomes will be flying back in... In my eyes this world will never be the same again, some business may have to close for the foreseeable future, people will be frightened to go outside and to get back to reality. We have adapted to these restrictions to the point that it has become our new reality of living.. It will never be the same, ever.

After there will be new appreciation for everything from before

There will be more of a balance

I don't know what I really want.

After is uncertainty.

There will be more touching and eye contact and appreciation of flesh and blood

There will be hugs, lots of hugs but also weariness. There will be questions asked...lots of questions. We will celebrate in each others company

There will be a symphony

Whatever happens will no longer reflect the person I was. The world won't ever be the same as it was... there's hope, there's always ways to live through and build through whatever this life offers us...

After there are possibilities and hope

Life in masks and the unknown.

We are changed

God knows what! I think people need to start standing up and speaking out and questioning how they want to live and be treated, rather than just acquiescing to orders.

More painting. Love + thoughts of building a woodland studio.

To act, to tread with care, to hold and to love, to stand up for what is needed. To make political choices with strength and love. To hold one another.

I hope to be time satisfied

There will be something else.

Both will meet, hopefully

Maintaining the new routine and revolving work around it. Spending time improving and solidifying knowledge.

For many the same struggles, uncertainty, now possibilities and kindness

We'll all be greener and keener  (to meet and touch and hang out and discover each other again)

We need a rest

Who knows.. Perspective? Lost perspective?

There will be both 

This is unknown

Who knows the world will be seen in a different way, get rid of the oldies, they cost too much

There will be parties and gatherings of friends on lovely beaches!

Will I remember how and if I so will it matter? 

I’m finding it impossible to imagine.

I'll be grateful to hug my friends again, be in close proximity to people

I hope a wider proportion of people maintain their compassion and solidarity goggles. I hope they decide another world/society is not only possible but is actually there because they experienced it during COVID. And then maybe look for political change and representation that best reflects those ideals? 

After there will be no going back to your inner and outer being in their usual places.

I would hug tight, kiss lots and minimise the distance if I may

The traffic noise and screams of celebration as the birds are faded out.

Who knows

Fairies

I want to find the space in between

Well there's a hope that some of this remains, some fear of looking ahead, of never hugging again. There's a purpose and a stronger sense of what I want and fucking great itchy pair of feet to keep exploring!

Hope. Caution. More tolerance of one another maybe? More acceptable of things out of our control.

Only time will tell

Who knows…maybe we can learn to share? 

After - ?

After coronavirus I think the population will have shrunken and people will all be vegan and people will be really scared. 

I expect I shall think quite a bit about sex ……

Cars

Facebook

There is hope

We all need a rest

There must be more space for dreaming. For a continuation of the kindnesses shown. More time for expressions of love and caring and community. 

We wait for our wedding same time same place next year - love overflowing before during and after lockdown

I will have to become re-acclimatised to the smog that will continue to kill our planet to satisfy human greed.

I dream we stay awakened, we give the thanks deserved, and hold each other longer in the knowing we appreciate everything as we should

Hope for a better world / fearful it will return as was

There will be Marxist acceleration-ism, with any hope

After there will be a god damn fucking shit storm! Possibly a global awakening.

AFTER seems like a selfish indulgence

Hope we can change our society and the environment for the better as people wise up to global corruption

Both will return

Awareness and change at least I hope

There is hope and a love so strong ...

I will never again take for granted my freedom to travel and visit with precious family and friends

I hope things will never be the same.

There will be some mixture of the two.

Arseholes

There might still be bees.

I hope our freedoms are still intact . 

The ability to find stillness

TBC

I hope she remembers this time in her heart

I hope there is new ways of interacting found that means if you cannot work in an office environment you will be allowed to work from home, I also hope the reduction in noise and general pollution has made people realise what a beautiful world we live in. The skies have cleared, our rivers run clean. Mother Nature is blooming. I want this to continue.

I’m so frightened that the old normal will come screaming back in a heartbeat...

Fear, poverty for family and friends, limited freedom and travel, anger, resentment , blame , grieving, compensating. Research findings.

There are big hopes for “After”. I want to go out in the world and hug loved people really tight without fear. 

We will meet again

'After' insinuates a clear end and a new beginning-which is not at all guaranteed

More of us will make our homes and plant our gardens in the cracks, pushing them ever wider and seeding better ways. I hope!!!

I hope I'll have caught up.

I hope we will still say hello to strangers as we do now

"After" seems too far away. 

Some will falter some will fall some will rise and some will stall. I will make the most of moments. I’ll take the few steps back upstairs to switch that light I see from the corner of my eye, I’ll remember to make sure I watch my consumerism of fast fashion as not to support a highly polluting industry and I’ll try and be more compassionate to those who struggle to make these changes, I’m an ecologist and I’m struggling! Who isn’t! Its not easy but it must be done for an “after” to exist

Balance

I will not release my time back into timesheets and clocks

An opportunity

After there will be a return to normality x

I'm afraid things will go back to how they were rather than strengthen public services conditions of work

There may be a brave new world.

Yoga classes via bike

After there will be nothing

We will have wrestled power away from the fuckwits and remake our world and how it functions for everybody.

There won’t be any hiding

There will be appreciation for freedom. There will hopefully be a lot of relief and happiness. There will be more walks for me personally, where I just appreciate everything. However I also think there won’t be much change for a lot of people. Perhaps some people will realise that life is short and uncertain and that the present time is perfect to do things you want to do. That’s something I’ve realised. 

After it is unsure.

There will be hugging. Lots of hugging.

I will see gross and amazing development and hugging a tree

We can only hope the now is sustained

I'll say collaboration

Actually collective spirit is more what I meant to say for after!

First hesitation, awkwardness, alert...then slowly slowly falling back into freedom. Hopefully appreciating time you have with other people, appreciating places and activities. Having awareness how we can contribute to safe the planet, giving nature the opportunity to recover. Appreciating the really important things in life! Being grateful!

I hope there is both.

I don’t know. A new negotiation - a not wanting to go back to what was. A creeping back of the Big Bad Ways - Noise; the rush of time; Demands; a new TickTocK order; pointless consumerism. New ways of BEing for some - a rejection of what was. Keeping more of a connection to the natural world. The park re-opened and with that, the meadow like grass was cropped.... it seems like ‘ Mans ‘ obsession for neatness, order and borders remains

After the initial lockdown is lifted, I have no idea what to expect. My industry is pretty cut off for the foreseeable months, maybe until next year. I’ll likely need to look into work in another industry for a while, picking up some remote freelance work where I can but even this is rare to come by. On the other hand, it’s been wonderful to get back in touch with taking in the local area by foot and making more time for what I love to do.

We will adapt again 

After I hope

I hope for normality.

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