The Great Realisation” by British artist and poet “Probably Tomfoolery”. He is a brilliant visual storyteller, utilizing all the tools we have at hand – cameras, creativity and poetry – to create masterpieces.
Well sometimes, you’ve got to get sick my boy, before you start feeling better.” he father opens up the book and describes to his child the world before coronavirus, including severe economic inequality and irrepressible damage to the world’s oceans.
However, just as the story grows grim, the father pivots to talk about a virus, and its impact onto society. He notes that we now have reverted back to a better understanding of what brings us joy, and how we can not only heal ourselves, but also heal the world around us.
“We’d grown so used to bad news but some good news was in the making,” the father adds.
The video garnered over 600,000 views on YouTube as of Saturday morning. On Facebook, the video has been viewed by 8.1 million people, and has been shared almost 300,000 times.
