This blog has been hijacked :-)
This abstract art blog has been hijacked. Since the beginning of the lockdown, it is impossible to create art as usual, while neighbours tell me that members of their family are crying all day and I am getting permanently mails, news, memes, recommendations about *that*.
Those days, my posts will be different, and I will publish more often. (For my colleagues linguists: if I make a mistake, remember that English is not my mother tongue, and I have no intention to apologise for every mistake).
Until Saturday (in Spain), you thought you were free and the world had no borders (at least, for you, citizen of the first world - even if you had no money: you could have travelled to Japan or gone to the beach *if*...). And at once, your government (yes, maybe the people you have elected) restricts dramatically your liberty of movement. It may be indispensable, that is not the question, but rather: what can you do all day and/or after work if you are forced to stay home?
Of course, you can surf the web, watch television, but you also need to take care of your body. If you were used to walk a lot, you feel rather quickly that surfing or reading all day is not a solution.
Others things you can do at home (among many others):
1) Playing Crossboccia®. It is similar to Boules or Pétanque, but the balls are not heavy! They are small, soft, not really round and very light, which means that you can play this game inside without breaking anything. Googling the name, you will find more information about it, mostly in German, at this game was invented by German students (perhaps because students use to live in small rooms).
You can buy it online (at the moment, we have no other choice than doing so), one set of 3 balls for each player. We bought this game years ago, forgot about it, and are now happy to have it here! It must be possible to make bocce yourself with a stone or marble and fabric rests around it (or even better, small bags filled with rice or lentils), or something similar.
2) Practising a martial art. Judo or aikido may be a bit difficult to practise without any sparring partner and tatami), but karate would be perfect, as the katas ("forms") can be performed alone. The Youtube channel of Shotokan Sensei, for example, and the site Black Belt Wiki, are a little gem for beginners. Yoga sessions are also to be found on the web, or gym exercises. The most important thing is to move a bit, your back will thank you!
3) Painting or drawing. We all have paper and pencils or pens at home, maybe canvas also. But it is also possible to paint on draw digitally, some programs are free, like Krita, SketchBook, Gimp, MediBang Pro, ArtWeaver Free. Most artist colleagues who have a smartphone absolutely love Procreate (it is not free, but affordable).
4) Starting a blog, telling your friends and family about your life at the moment. A life that is completely different that you may ever have thought one month ago. You can delete it later or self-edit it as a book (if it becomes a book, I hope it will not be very long) or print it to remember this spring 2020.
That's it for today! Dear friends and readers, stay healthy wherever you are and do not forget that fear is worse than the virus! And that Thoughts are free ("Die Gedanken sind frei"), German song about freedom of thought).
Those days, my posts will be different, and I will publish more often. (For my colleagues linguists: if I make a mistake, remember that English is not my mother tongue, and I have no intention to apologise for every mistake).
Until Saturday (in Spain), you thought you were free and the world had no borders (at least, for you, citizen of the first world - even if you had no money: you could have travelled to Japan or gone to the beach *if*...). And at once, your government (yes, maybe the people you have elected) restricts dramatically your liberty of movement. It may be indispensable, that is not the question, but rather: what can you do all day and/or after work if you are forced to stay home?
Of course, you can surf the web, watch television, but you also need to take care of your body. If you were used to walk a lot, you feel rather quickly that surfing or reading all day is not a solution.
Others things you can do at home (among many others):
1) Playing Crossboccia®. It is similar to Boules or Pétanque, but the balls are not heavy! They are small, soft, not really round and very light, which means that you can play this game inside without breaking anything. Googling the name, you will find more information about it, mostly in German, at this game was invented by German students (perhaps because students use to live in small rooms).
You can buy it online (at the moment, we have no other choice than doing so), one set of 3 balls for each player. We bought this game years ago, forgot about it, and are now happy to have it here! It must be possible to make bocce yourself with a stone or marble and fabric rests around it (or even better, small bags filled with rice or lentils), or something similar.
Crossboccia
2) Practising a martial art. Judo or aikido may be a bit difficult to practise without any sparring partner and tatami), but karate would be perfect, as the katas ("forms") can be performed alone. The Youtube channel of Shotokan Sensei, for example, and the site Black Belt Wiki, are a little gem for beginners. Yoga sessions are also to be found on the web, or gym exercises. The most important thing is to move a bit, your back will thank you!
3) Painting or drawing. We all have paper and pencils or pens at home, maybe canvas also. But it is also possible to paint on draw digitally, some programs are free, like Krita, SketchBook, Gimp, MediBang Pro, ArtWeaver Free. Most artist colleagues who have a smartphone absolutely love Procreate (it is not free, but affordable).
4) Starting a blog, telling your friends and family about your life at the moment. A life that is completely different that you may ever have thought one month ago. You can delete it later or self-edit it as a book (if it becomes a book, I hope it will not be very long) or print it to remember this spring 2020.
That's it for today! Dear friends and readers, stay healthy wherever you are and do not forget that fear is worse than the virus! And that Thoughts are free ("Die Gedanken sind frei"), German song about freedom of thought).
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