Day 50 - Corona

corona¹

/kəˈrəʊnə/

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noun

1. 1.

   ANATOMY

   a part of the body resembling or likened to a crown.
2. 2.

   ASTRONOMY

   the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars. The sun's corona is normally visible only during a total solar eclipse, when it is seen as an irregularly shaped pearly glow surrounding the darkened disc of the moon.

We are one seventh of the way through this year. One seventh of this year has been spent in isolation. Standing strong behind our closed doors or cowering before coronavirus. I'm not sure quite which it is. For some, eating cake and for others scrabbling for bread. 

I find it interesting that this virus has been named as one of the "corona" viruses. The crown. It compresses our heads and forces our thoughts to either clarify or scramble. It crowns our actions with compassion or dispassion. 

In astronomical terms, we only see a corona when the sun - the brightest thing in our lives - is eclipsed. So many bright things in our lives have been eclipsed as we have locked down our families, our homes, our actions and our everyday. What does the rarified gaseous envelope of my life look like right now? Now that's an interesting question. 

You can't hide much from the light. However, what shines when everything is dark?