ABSTRACT

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as shelter-in-place orders were issued in the United States, most people were confined to their homes and adjusted to new domestic routines. This essay traces my routine of walking through different landscapes in Santa Cruz and reflects on being in-between languages and continents. I entangle personal reflections with theory in an attempt to portray the experience of being quarantined across borders in an unfamiliar country with a foreign language and culture. I explore how being in between languages, being nomadic, can serve to deconstruct identity. I find myself observing and contemplating ideas of home and travel, as well as the diversity of landscapes and forms of existence. This essay is a first-person narrative observing the thoughts and sensations that occur in an attempt to disconnect from the saturated screen experience of everyday life and connect with nature and contemplative interior states.

摘要

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，随着美国发布就地避难令，大多数人被限制在家中并适应新的家庭生活。这篇文章追溯了我在圣克鲁斯的不同景观中穿行的日常，并反思了介于语言和大陆之间的情况。我将个人的反思与理论结合起来，试图描绘出在一个陌生的语言和文化的陌生国家被跨境隔离的经历。我探索不同语言之间的游牧生活如何有助于解构身份。我发现自己在观察和思考家庭和旅行的想法，以及景观和存在形式的多样性。