Jack Pattarini

10th Grade

As of recently, quarantine has really been a test of our emotional health. The temptation to see your friends or even just go outside is immense. I don’t have a lot of close friends and I’m not an active user of social media, so I haven’t really been texting anybody. When I do receive a text, it’s usually someone asking for homework answers. I just don’t want to talk to people through my phone very much, I’d rather see them. My house doesn’t feel like home anymore, I don’t want to stay inside with my thoughts, and so I try to keep myself preoccupied. The loneliness inherent of isolation is horrible, and though I am not confined to my apartment like most people, it seems that New York has entirely stopped. There are no cars in the streets, no rush hour traffic, no workers rushing around midtown in their suits, not kids playing in the parks. The roads are so empty you can even walk down the middle. I’ve been going out just about everyday walking endlessly just to stay out of my head. These photos are the byproduct of that walking. They show that no matter where you are, whether you’re inside or outside, there is nobody.