{"id":639981,"date":"2020-11-16T08:04:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=639981"},"modified":"2020-11-16T10:42:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T10:42:27","slug":"vic-lees-corona-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/vic-lees-corona-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic Lee&#8217;s Corona Diary 2020: A personal illustrated journal of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Vic Lee&#8217;s Corona Diary 2020: A personal illustrated journal of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/91F-EqlCMpL.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>An extraordinary memento of a life-changing moment in history, artist Vic Lee\u2019s visually stunning, graphic novel\u2013style personal diary chronicles his experience of the coronavirus pandemic as it unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>With beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and typography, Vic Lee\u2019s Corona Diary vividly captures what it was like to live through this unprecedented period. Listening to daily news stories, experiencing different ways of living and working as well as adapting to new and necessary social controls, renowned London artist, illustrator and storyteller Vic Lee documents the first six months of the pandemic in real time. An epilogue spread touches on the events of July, August and September.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/91X6hjbC69L.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Reflect on and process the unforgettable events of the pandemic through an intimate account in images and lettering of the initial news from a place called Wuhan, Italy\u2019s first cases then state of emergency, its spread across the world and the WHO\u2019s declaration of a global pandemic, the lockdown and toilet paper shortages, the economic fallout, the unfathomable numbers of people dead, the immense gratitude to those on the frontline of the health services, the reactions and decisions made by leaders that would affect us all, the anxiety and isolation \u2013 all the twists and turns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/81C2GwFawpL.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>While this work of art is a snapshot of one person\u2019s experience, it conveys events experienced and emotions felt by billions around the world \u2013 a permanent record of a time we will never forget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41JDpwMlGZL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vic Lee&#8217;s Corona Diary 2020: A personal illustrated journal of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 An extraordinary memento of a life-changing moment in history, artist Vic Lee\u2019s visually stunning, graphic novel\u2013style personal diary chronicles his experience of the coronavirus pandemic as it unfolded. With beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and typography, Vic Lee\u2019s Corona Diary vividly captures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":639989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640215,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639981\/revisions\/640215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}