breaking my two year silence...
Hi everyone, just thought I’d make a quick post because I had a few people ask - yes i am safe in this absurd Australian apocalypse, and very fortunate to be safe.
My family is safe too; my parents’ home hasn’t been in the emergency zone since October/November fortunately but yes that’s how long these serious fires have been burning.
The last four months have been... a lot.
I’m not going to lie, it’s very very hard to see a silver lining. Almost everyone i know has been impacted in some way from losing their homes to getting ill from the air quality. There’s no escaping it. From the sun that I see, to the air that I breathe, to the empty shelves at the supermarket where there used to be fresh fruit and vegetables. Personally, for me, the worst is the constant social media onslaught of everything we’ve lost, and all the animal lives we’ve wronged. And yes I say we because make no mistake - this is climate change, and we have done this to ourselves and every other living thing on the planet.
I’m not going to spew statistics and facts and sheer scale and list the horrors, I know it’s all over the news. I also realise most people at this point will be aware of the huge celebrity fundraisers going on and honestly if you can/would like to help please do.
All we can really do is wait for rain, and rebuild.
Also I apologise for the very pessimistic end/tone to this. it’s 2am and I am very tumblr rusty please forgive me. But I will say, politicians aside, the human spirit has been heart warming and I’m so glad for how we’ve all banded together. And I’m so grateful to the few people who reached out to me.
I hope you are all well xx
