#1 COWGATE

After every storm, there is a rainbow







Cowgate is where I started collecting texts during lockdown in Edinburgh.

After weeks of following the rule like a good citizen, I needed a real walk, which means the destination can’t be supermarket.

When I walked through empty street at Cowgate, these words came to view.

Suddenly I stopped feeling alone, I knew we are all in the storm together even though there was not a trace of any rainbow.


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封城後一陣子,我開始放膽走到買菜路線以外的地方,其實也都是以前常走的路,只是想看看這些地方在疫情期間有沒有什麼變化。

走到牛門時(愛丁堡舊城區的酒吧街,「猜火車」著名場景)曾經最熱鬧的地方變得異常冷清,無所適從地走著就發現這一排又鮮豔又醜的字被噴在以前去過的酒吧圍牆上,忽然覺得被不認識的人鼓勵的感覺很不錯。

的確無需認為自己孤身一人,因為所有人都在這場看不見盡頭的風暴當中。