Welp, where do I begin? Um, yeah. 2020 is a blur. Kept my job. Pro. Taught from home for 11 months alone in my condo. Con. Was able to see family, some friends & safely participate in the Recent Works Show again in the Fall. Pro. Had my neighborhood put in lockdown because of proximity to the Capital the day it was attacked. Con. Didn’t lose anyone one. Pro. And the list keeps going. All I’ll say to anyone who is here reading this, I’m so happy you’re here, on the other side of oh so much. Oh.So.Much.
One of the few things that helped me get thru it all (besides zooms with my family & daily/hourly texts from friends who were teaching online along with me!) was being creative. I had to take walks just to get up and away from the computer but and my human brain in chaos always looks for patterns where there aren’t any. So I made them in the form of photo collages I call digital mandalas, or my personal favorite, Digital Granny Squares. I’m working on getting these formed into some cool stuff that will be available on my Etsy store soon!
I didn’t write a novel, or bake bread (rather ate a lot though!) I took pictures. The documentation of it all helps me process & I think it helps others too to see some thing familiar when in crisis especially. Not sure what will come of them but for now I’ll share a sneak peek of the “Quilt”. That may be all I I get done in the next bit of time, I have no idea how fast or slow I can get anything done anymore because frankly I feel like my brain is still a bit mushy from all of it. Going steadily along & not pressuring myself to crank as hard as I did ( well, as we all did!) before.
May you continue to be well as we relearn it all. And thanks for being here.
