Nur, 6 years old, Seville (Spain. I Wonder #6, Self-interviews Under Lockdown
Ellen Duthie
“My plans have all been cancelled and I was really looking forward to them.”
We have thoroughly enjoyed the two self-interviews two sisters have sent us from Sevilla (you can read ten-year-old Zoe’s self-interview here).
Nur is six years old and she has self-interviewed in writing, and sent a drawing to go with it, showing a virtual holiday to Italy withouth moving from her living room.
Nur talks about the coronavirus, about her lockdown experience -with its advantages and disadvantages-, she lets us in on one of her latest inventions, and talks about ways you can feel freer and the uncertainty of the future. Over to her.
[All these self-interviews are reproduced as pronounced/written by their authors. They may contain scientific or other inaccuracies.]
Nur Bernales. 6 years old, Seville (Spain)
Under lockdown in a small flat with her ten-year-old sister and her parents:
What is the coronavirus? It is a virus that looks very similar to the sun’s stellar corona. If it doesn’t perch on a body, it dies. It needs to perch on a body to reproduce and if it perches on your body, you could die.
Why are we under lockdown?
Because that way it can’t perch on your body and you protect yourself from it perching on your body and potentially dying. You have to wear masks and gloves.
What don’t you like about lockdown?
That we cannot go out, we cannot see things. My plans have all been cancelled and I was really looking forward to them.
Is there anything you like about lockdown?
You can be with your family and yoy don’t have to go anywhere else.
Did you think you’d cope better or worse than you are coping?
I thought I’d cope worse, but there are soe good things about it.
What is a day under lockdown like?
I stay at home, I play, I eat, I do homework and exercise... I don’t like to do exercise in the house. I want to walk and run… I want to go to school. If I was going to school, I’d be doing exercise on the way.
Are you worried about anything?
I’m worried that the virus perches on me. Because I’m little, nothing would happen to me… but, what if I grow with the virus inside me… I grow old and then die of coronavirus? They don’t know how to cure this virus.
Do you feel free?
Yes, but not much. Although I can have fun, I can’t go anywhere or ask for anything, I can’t do the things you can do in the street.
Can you imagine living like this for a long time?
Ugh, it would be boring, Imagine if someone invented something and you couldn’t go out to see it.
“We travel at home doing things they do in the country we want to visit”. Nur and her sister Zoe are planning a trip to Italy without leaving home.
How are you having fun?
Inventing things. I’ve invented blueberry colour paint, which I’ve made with a bit of crushed pencil point, and mushed rice, so that my dolls can eat.
What would make you feel freer?
If I had a big garden with no furniture, with air and sun. And... this wouldn’t be leaving the house but I would feel a bit of air if I stuck as much of my body as possible out of the window, without killing myself, of course.
Is there anything that helps you?
Feelign the air on my face. I mean outside air...
Is this going to change our lives?
Well, life always changes and is never the same… but we can’t tell what’s going to happen in the future, so I don’t know...
I Wonder, Self-interviews Under Lockdown is a project by Wonder Ponder inviting 5 to 18 year olds to ask questions and think about the coronavirus crisis and its consequences through self-interviews in audio, written or ilustrated format.
If you want to send a self-interview for us to include it in the project, please read this entry and follow these instructions.
We look forward to hearing from you!
You can see/read/listen to other self-interviews here.