Go Ahead. Fantasize.
Imagining a better future, whether it includes gigantic house parties or just more hugs, helps humans cope with difficult times.
Oh, to breathe the same air!Credit...Daniel Arnold for The New York Times
Jan. 16, 2021
Teddy Johnson has a very clear fantasy for what he’s going to do the day the pandemic is “over” — whatever that day might look like, and whenever it may be.
He’s banking on the day being sunny, perhaps the temperature of early summer. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” by Whitney Houston will be playing everywhere — on the streets of New York City, where he lives; on the subway; and definitely in the club where Mr. Johnson will gather with all his friends. He will wear a cropped white tank top with speckles of paint all over it with his favorite pair of tight bell-bottoms and stunner sunglasses.