What to expect from this
blog
Disclaimer: I
just hope you will find charming when I spill over the limits of my English as
a second language.
The posts from
this blog were occasioned by the COVID-19 crises that literally captured the
entire world. Seeing how we scrambled and clumsily reacted to the aggressive
invisible threat created by CORONA was for me a first time reality show that
evoked intense emotions. I was simultaneously perplexed, scared, grieved, and
mystified by what I saw on the news every day. The myriad of human reactions,
unexpected consequences, and unimaginable challenges we have to face on our way
out hopelessly captivated my attention. I started and soon couldn’t stop writing about the
different reactions, unavoidable paradoxes, unexpected turns and heroic efforts
that emerged from this clash. I just wanted to briefly sketch the cacophonies
of our movements while the echo of our hot emotions is still present. I thought
this is the least I can do during my stay-home-in-isolation confinement to alleviate
the unavoidable frustrations, fears, losses and intense suffering we all taste
these days.
Although I work
as a faculty at the Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara
(Romania), my researcher persona is being intentionally disguised here.
However, I like to think that my scientific background hasn’t deserted me
completely and still plays its role in structuring the directions of my
thoughts. To make my message more palatable and to effectively convey some
potentially helpful attitudes hidden in the joys of reading, I dressed my ideas
in Venetian costumes and made them ware eye masks. My hope is that, as the
Venetian costumes hide behind their veil a real and recognizable person, my
often-times nonsensical ramblings will make you wander about the hidden ideas
that lay behind.
One warning note
though! You might already have had the intuition by now that these posts are
not recommended for metaphor intolerant folks. Actually, if you care to read
just one, you’ll encounter an inflation of figurative speech with metaphors,
personifications, comparison and impossibly-inverted images dancing hectically
as if on drugs. And yes, I do apologize for such an above-normal crowd of
figurative language, but I just couldn’t help it: they uncontrollably erupted
from the atrocities of my emotions. However, I must confess to your relief that
even I was surprised to discover what lies under the hood. And that’s because,
whether you believe it or not, in a normal non-crises situation, I can contain
myself rather professionally and there are many things, and I mean many things,
that let me be barely indifferent. All my friends and colleagues could easily
testify for that! But when I care about something, then I do care about it! And
in this crisis, for some enigmatical reason, I just couldn’t use my indifferent
mode while watching how quickly the entire planet stumbles in a comatose state.
And finally, I
am fully aware that while some of my neurons get busy composing these mazurkas,
I just have to forget all about the increasing of my academic citations or
Hirsch index. But honestly, if while trying to decipher the meaning of my dark
letters on this white blog I made you smile for just a tenth of a second, I am
definitely happier. You probably noticed we all tend to use humor when in
distress and that’s why jokes stock market exploded these days. Actually I am
counting on that, and that’s why I tried to disguise some of my ideas using
these improvised Venetian costumes. I just thought it might be alleviating to
have a carnival of ideas when we can’t attend a real one or even can’t attend
the funeral of our loved ones. But I’ll probably talk about such disturbingly
difficult topics later as a frail attempt to say something and not to let
silence be so overwhelming. Anyhow, on this blog you can find short essays
exploring the multiple facets of the CORONA crises significantly biased by my
psychology background and other cultural distortions. If my brain doesn’t get
tired by these relentless gymnastics I might also provide other essays related
to our fears, worries, sorrows and joys using the same detached perspective.
One more note
before I go: I am generally open to comments and especially critics as they
help me recalibrate my many distortions and see the tackled problem from
previously hidden perspectives. So do let me know what I missed or what I got
wrong! However, in the unlikely event that my blog gets more viral than CORONA,
and I will be overwhelmed by the constant influx of messages, please don’t get
mad at me for not providing a satisfying answer, I am probably desperately
coping with my daily tasks to avoid being fired by my University.
Note:
If you happen to be a journalist and think that every now and then I could
contribute to the success of your publication, be bold and came up with a good
offer. However, bear in mind that I only write about topics I deeply care, so
let me drive the roller-coaster.
Email: Bogdan.Tulbure@e-uvt.ro
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