THE POWERS THAT BE
Nov 23, 2020
4 minutes
Creative essay and excerpt by Danielle Lim
And Softly Go the Crossings: An Excerpt
Photographed by Luke Shadbolt.
A LOOK BACK
Twenty-twenty has been a year of crossings. With the crossing of the Covid-19 coronavirus from animals to humans, we have crossed from the world as we have known it into unprecedented, uncharted territory in a mere few months.
Infectious disease experts and environmentalists have long warned of such a pandemic risk. As has happened time and again in human history, the world kept up its bliss. Even if we had foreseen it though, perhaps it would have been difficult to predict how far-reaching its effects would be. The pandemic is an apt reminder of the
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