by Arwa Aatique and Iqra Ali Mirza
If someone would have predicted 10-20 years before that in the eminent year 2020, the entire human populace of Earth would be scrambling around, very much resembling ants, just to put on bits and pieces of fabric on their maws, he would’ve been dismissed as a loony for his jabbering and certainly would’ve been scheduled for a psyche evaluation.
However, fate is indeed a cruel mistress with its fickle nature as we now find ourselves in this exact situation with the ever-maddening COVID’19 hanging over our heads like a dark and extremely clingy shadow that refuses to leave no matter how much you pry at it. If we scrutinize history, one of the greatest strengths of the human race is its ability to acclimatize. However, some individuals still consider the ‘new normal’ as an insignificant precautionary measure, failing to realize universal masking is our only beacon of hope until the vaccine is widely available.
Keeping this panorama in our line of sight, we at NCSC revealed to you “Maskathon!”, entailing mask designing for any and all to showcase their creative skills and prowess.
With this we hoped to abate this mistaken (read: cynical) view the public has on these innocent pieces of fabric and hope to mold the perception into a more affable one. Adding to that, the Superhero theme played vividly as a metaphor for the Unsung Heroes who’ve worked day and night for our safety.
With a surge of 60+ participants illustrating away their canvases with vibrant hues and scintillating creativity, only the truest of all heroes made it to the Top 20, who now found themselves in the first battlefield. The Top 10 most voted designs were led into an exhilarating Round 2, where our esteemed Sponsor, Maskon, made the hard decision of choosing the Top 3 Maskerpieces. We congratulate Shizza Yasir, M.Saad Imran, Umar Awan, and all the our superheroes who aided us earnestly in our cause.
As the superheroes saved the day with the finesse and style of a designer, we found humanity leaping yet again for that utmost need in the fragility of our times; hope.
In the end, we would like to extend a major shout out to our Sponsor, Maskon!
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