Eye: Ingrid Havermans We've opened our eyes Oil on wood 20x20cm Story of Ingrid: 1/2 "My eyes opened in March 2020. In China, there was a lot to do around the C virus. It was far away from me, in China, everything happened anyway and that's why it didn't really worry me. however, when my youngest daughter no longer dared to fly to the Netherlands from abroad, it shocked me more. She was supposed to come home to celebrate her 21st birthday and she is usually quite down to earth. This would have been the last flight for a while....she had listened carefully to her intuition. From then on I became more vigilant. Soon after that, the one-and-a-half meter measure was introduced at the risk of a hefty fine for violation. You were only allowed to enter that zone with someone else if you lived at the same address. That was a bridge too far for me. Our kids were already flying out and I was a caregiver for my parents. I really wasn't going to distance myself from that. Also, I realized the impact that if everyone really obeyed this measure, a very strange social community would arise, so that relationships could no longer be maintained and created. People would become physically impoverished. A comforting hug should no longer be allowed, a friendly greeting would no longer be possible. When I made it known through a post on Facebook that I would respect everyone, that I would want to keep my distance, but that I preferred people to come closer. This cost me my first friendship. This shook me up even more. Then I also found out that in the event of an epidemic, the WHO was in charge, if you were a member of the country. So bye-bye democracy...