#crisis

Edward Hopper was the master of portraying social realism through his paintings. It seems more than ever that we are all living in his paintings. His works depict urban isolation and loneliness. The subjects in his paintings, resemble all of us strongly at this time. He captures the mood of his subjects through deserted cityscapes and city streets that are supposed to be buzzing but instead heightens the loneliness feeling. The subjects are quite interesting, they are either looking out of a window or sitting idle, despairing the mortality of life and patiently looking for a hope to a better future. The juxtaposition ,between cities which are supposed to be hives of socialisation and their inner lives which is quite opposite, is a major theme in most of his works. The arrangement of colour schemes and silhouettes are also trying to portray this paradox. In these difficult times, his paintings integrated my inner feelings. Though his work is not focussed specifically on the circumstances we are dealing with, as for him city life can do the job of isolating people quite as well. In this sense, he is trying to show our capability to hide loneliness as a byproduct of our urban lives. This leads us to live a pseudo-social life as we are unable to convey our different aspects of loneliness.

Mi padre tiene la habilidad de arruinar mi día en una conversación con el.

When A is forced to face their fear/trauma during a crisis, they run on auto-pilot in order to get the mission done. They’re able to go through the motions - pushing the panic to the back of their mind as now is not the time. 

When it’s all over, the emotions hit them like a tonne of bricks and they crumble. 

We can’t go back to normal because normal was the problem