Afterwords
Progressing relentlessly, the Coronavirus that has isolated us and struck us numb is now putting our trust and faith in the world to the test. Afterwords is a series of individual thoughts, words and ideas from around the globe providing an intimate intake on how to figure out our next steps in a world that is different than the one we left behind. A co-production between MAIZE and Twin Global, powered by H-FARM.
Progressing relentlessly, the virus that has isolated us and struck us numb is now putting our trust and faith in the world to the test. What will we become once it’s all over? Will we manage to pick up and re-establish our optimism or will we surrender to the profound cracks it has carved in our beings?
Just like after September 11th 2001, with neither a plan nor the right words to share, we find ourselves on a dusty sidewalk, walking and living disoriented in face of an uncertain future, unable to reset expectations and see a better tomorrow, fragile at work and unsure about our human relationships.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. The days ahead of us are important and decisive and as the horizon shrinks in front of our eyes, Covid-19 is giving us a rare opportunity: the time needed to draw an accurate balance of our needs and create a practical roadmap for coming out of this halt.
We need words, points of view, ideas on how to take our next steps in a world that should be different than the one we left behind, putting at the center the concept of trust, an asset to protect and strengthen us once the storm has passed.
In search of answers, we launched Afterwords. A daily series of short, personal videos from around the globe providing intimate thoughts, words and ideas on the impact we experience as individuals and as part of a society.
Just as the famous theologist André Neher said, even where there’s tragedy, there’s always a future to protect and the exile of the word — in front of this wall of silence which history presents us with — man has to become a prophet and interpret the meaning of things, to distinguish what is right from what is wrong.
