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PHOTOS & DESIGN BY SAHIL PATEL

MAY 2020
 I started this partially out of a desire to be This was not the easiest thing from start

SPECIAL THANKS TO: able to see my friends in person, and for

myself to come out of this quarantine with
tangible results. I wanted to see how people
to finish either. From making sure I keep
my distance while taking these photos, to
working around people’s schedules, to re-
Michael Maloney were using this time, and maintaining a specting personal boundaries — there were
Ashil Jhaveri sense of normalcy during these very strange a myriad of challenges that I had to work
Katie Morris times. I asked everyone featured one simple around to bring this to fruition.
question: What have you been doing to
Andrew Pluta pass time in quarantine/one of the things When taking and editing these photos, I
Caitlyn Park that’s helped you stay sane or brought wanted to give the most honest depiction I
Ryan O’Byrne you joy? could. From reflecting the weather outside
to showing their real emotions, I really
Matt Canary It was fun to hear from friends and see how wanted to capture the true spirit that peo-
Renzo Mayhall they are keeping busy, the old hobbies that ple are keeping throughout this lockdown.
Will Johnson they are diving back into, or the new ones
they’re picking up. It was also really interest- I was happy with how receptive people
Gitika Maheshwari ing to see how people across the country — were, and all the positive feedback over
Nila Kiruparhan from Arkansas to New Jersey are all passing the last month has been very encouraging.
Ty Litzelman the time in similar ways. Even if some people felt uncomfortable
posing or sharing, I’m glad that each and
Hannah Markey Everyone has been doing a lot of cooking, every single person took part.
Meera Patel reading, listening to music, and walking.
Michelle Du These are things that I have also found I also hope that everyone and their families
myself doing quite often and I really think are staying safe, and again wanted to give
Shreya Tewari it speaks in some capacity to how while we a big shoutout to everyone that shared
Kennedi Kirk do have our differences, we are also all very their thoughts and time with me!
Megan Baumhover similar.
From taking the photos to designing this
Shazreh Bokhari It was also comforting to see that a lot of zine, I had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and
Natalia Wadowski people were doing a whole lot of nothing. have put in many hours making this as
Zaid Abdullah I personally have experienced periods of perfect as it can be. I do hope you make
hyper-productivity followed by days of it all the way through, as I am extremely
extreme laziness, and it was nice to hear that proud of what I have done here. So enjoy,
we are all keeping similar mindsets. While thank you for being here, and stay tuned
it does get difficult, we really are all in this for more!
together!
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it’s a way for me to write down everything
i’m thinking no matter how good or bad which is arriving next week and
or toxic it is cause I can get it all out in my I am pretty excited about it so
own “safe space” and not worry about my maybe that’ll become the thing
friends judging me for what i’m feeling.
or I’ll fail miserably and
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“Walking outside, watching old movies,
painting, playing the sims, cross stitching,
club penguin. But lets get this straight —
nothing sparks joy anymore”
“I started running and doing chloe ting,
also baking a little”
“Walks, runs, long drives”
“Quarantine has been really nice for me be-
cause it’s helped me to reconnect with who
I really am. It’s forced me to take a step back
and evaluate how I’m spending my time and
why and realize that I don’t need to be busy
all the time to be happy. Honestly this long
term process of just thinking about who I am
and what I want to do day to day has kept me
sane because I’m going to come out of this
pandemic more ready to not get caught up in
the unimportant aspects of life!”
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Making and playing a lot of music
Making and playing a lot of music
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