{"id":13355,"date":"2020-04-13T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:49:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:49:03","slug":"near-but-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2020\/04\/13\/near-but-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Near but so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13356 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Orion-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Orion-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Orion-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Orion-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Orion.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>As a result of staying at home all day, going out has felt rather strange. Walking to the post office to mail postcards home feels like uncharted territory&#8230; it feels almost illegal to be breathing outside air. Why is there no one everywhere?<\/p>\n<p>Recently my watercolor class worked on landscape pictures around Ann Arbor. As I sifted through pictures of Ann Arbor I captured during spring break, I realized how different these places feel now that I haven&#8217;t seen them in so long. They almost feel unreal, like some other worldly place yet they are less than a mile away from my apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Physically distancing ourselves can create another form of distance, emotional distance. Even though I live close to the Orion sculpture, I feel far from it. I look at it nostalgically, recalling the many moments I pass by going to the Union for lunch. Other memories flood into my mind, running for buses, braving the flurries during a storm, watching the Orion disappear for a few months as it was taken apart. And seeing it return.<\/p>\n<p>I miss Ann Arbor and the people who bring it to life.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a few pictures I took of Ann Arbor on film during spring break (<em>Pentax K1000, KodakColorPlus200)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13361\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400017-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400017-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400017-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400017-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400017.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13364\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400016-1-e1586799034950-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400016-1-e1586799034950-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400016-1-e1586799034950-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400016-1-e1586799034950-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400016-1-e1586799034950.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13359\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400010-e1586798934507-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400010-e1586798934507-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400010-e1586798934507-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400010-e1586798934507-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/03400010-e1586798934507.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a result of staying at home all day, going out has felt rather strange. Walking to the post office to mail postcards home feels like uncharted territory&#8230; it feels almost illegal to be breathing outside air. Why is there no one everywhere? Recently my watercolor class worked on landscape pictures around Ann Arbor. 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