Feilding photographer Mary Lewis ponders how we will be when we emerge from lockdown.
It seems to me that it takes a major disaster or pandemic to jolt a lot of people into greater mindfulness.
We have seen this with Christchurch's earthquakes, the Mosque killings and now the Covid-19 virus.
The question is, how do we nurture the awakening of consciousness through ordinary days of our lives.
People reach out in extraordinary ways in times of exceptional need and love comes to the fore, but is it all largely forgotten when times become our normal again.