When people thought it was the year, remember? All would be resolved by January, which was the worst year ever. The year has proved to be fraught with unfinished transitions, half-kept promises, and in-betweens. The world got moving again, but not for a long time. COVID-19 killed more people this year than last. There was a lack of access to a vaccine. The richer parts held themselves back by not being able to see a shared reality.
Seeing is still believing.
It is certain that the Senate chamber was broken into on January 6th, but people may argue about why.
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George Floyd's family was happy with the jury's verdict.
The Taliban knelt in prayer.
The West Wing had a teetered into it.
The National Guardsmen slept.
The lights on the ferry were so bright they looked like ice on the water.
A woman named Mara Salinas Cruz shouted, "Fly high, my love!" at an L.A. hospital. Felipe was being disconnected from a ventilator in the room where she was loud enough to be heard through the glass door. He couldn't work from home.
If the reality we all still share is the one captured in the camera, that consensus is worth guarding while we figure out how to talk to one another again. The provenance of images and footage that are published by organizations is being made transparent.
If we couldn't believe our own eyes, what would we believe? We want to believe what we want to believe. Look where that has got us.
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