thephotosocietyさんのインスタグラム写真 - (thephotosocietyInstagram)「Photo by @pablocorralvega // I have been confined for the last two months in my childhood home in El Quinche, 50 minutes from the capital of #Ecuador. Here I have been able to breathe fresh air, walk at night in the middle of the fog, look at the stars and, above all, the #clouds. Faced with the ban on leaving the house, I have used a #drone to photograph them. And so I have seen a sea of white and grey coming down from the mountain tops. In various traditions, clouds are a representation of the #spirit, a symbol of that which cannot be seen. In that conception there is an echo with these times: an invisible virus is stalking us. Dark clouds have come to remind us that nature has its own cycles and rules. When I can return to the sea, to my mountains, to my forests of mist, I hope I will be able to feel that same amazement and gratitude. In this isolation - especially those of us who are privileged to have a roof over our heads and enough food - it is possible to live. But there are days when we falter and the hugs we cannot give, hurt. The others have ceased to be our flickering, living mirror and have become a threat of contagion. Fortunately, today we have digital tools that allow us to communicate and feel less alone. Language is the mirror in which we discover ourselves, it is the recognition that the other exists, that the other matters to us, that his or her perspective interests and enriches us. It is with language that we tell our stories. Now that I have photographed the clouds of El Quinche I can see that above them the world is still, and the sun and stars are shining as they always have. (Published in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/es/2020/05/15/espanol/opinion/ecuador-coronavirus.html)」7月13日 22時37分