 Moon Party by Leonardo Katz “Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all your eggs in one basket.” For some, this weekend is a bank holiday.
For the majority, it’s also a lockdown. Around this time of year, I usually don my Easter bunny ears and attempt to get a bag of chocolate eggs, to distribute to anyone who is lucky to be around me (minus a couple for taste tests). I believe Easter is one of those few times of year, were it is perfectly acceptable to take candy from a stranger, besides Halloween. If I happen to be instructing during this time of year, I have the privilege to participate in an Easter egg hunt, which lets be honest is the highlight of any person’s day. I may not meet the age restrictions, but the child inside of me is so excited when I get to join in the in the hunt for those elusive treats. Today we have to celebrate Easter in a different way. Instead of physically going out to a community Easter egg hunt or attend a church service, we will say hello to our loved ones via some form of video chat. Maybe we thought ahead and ordered the Easter baskets before the lockdown. Families with little tots will have become creative and hatched (see what I did there) their own version of an Easter egg hunt. Those who normally attend an Easter Sunday service will do so virtually in their homes. If there is anything that can be learned from this pandemic is that we, as a species, improvise, adapt, and overcome. Life will carry on. Before the pandemic it was predicted that our lives would transition into a virtual lifestyle, constantly connected to electronics, in which our daily lives would be similar to a scene in Wall-E. However, I disagree. We have learnt throughout this period that as humans, we are social animals. Social animals that find it hard to survive without the warm greeting of a hug (for those of you that do hug) or a causal meet up with a neighbor or friends. We have all learnt that although virtually connected, we still crave physical contact with our loved ones and that communal gatherings, even just in a bar, makes us feel less alone. The thread that ties our core being is our social interaction and social bonding. We can innovate our interactions and adapt our approaches, but at the end of the day there is still a yearning for human interaction. A yearning that will hopefully soon be resolved. So post those pictures of Easter baskets, made with whatever you have spare in your homes, arrange a virtual Sunday roast with the family and enjoy your chocolate eggs. No matter what life brings us, we will adapt, we will carry on, and we will thrive. We will get through this and in future we will be better humans for experiencing it. Stay safe. Stay strong. Happy Easter everyone!! #HappyEaster #SundayReads #WildIsadora #Isadoraland
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