On the Edge of Tomorrow
Hurtling towards the future, a new day, a new year filled with hope and light in 2021. To all the readers, artists, contributors of The Pandemic Lens, I wish you...
Seeds for a Brighter Tomorrow
I can't think of a more fitting symbol for hope in the new year than milkweed seeds. Each seed is poised to be carried aloft by the wind, harboring potential...
The Days Gone, the Lives Lost
When I was a teenager, I had a poster of Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper on their Harleys from the movie, Easy Rider, taped to my bedroom wall. It was...
Mixed Blessings and Hidden Gifts
It’s New Year, a traditional time for review and reassessment for many of us, and I for one am considering the ways in which this new year needs to be...
Aeeeeoooow!
On October 6, 2020, the Swedish Academy announced the year’s Nobel prizes in Physics and, two days later, in Literature. The selection committees may as well have collaborated, so tuned...
As 2020 Leaves
As we say goodbye to 2020, we reflect on all we have lost and all we still hope for. I remembered this painting and felt it captured my thoughts. Like...
Beginning of a 2020 Christmas Letter
(Ed note: This essay was the first part of a letter sent by family friend David Norcross. It was so insightful and entertaining that we asked David's permission to reprint...
Farewell 2020
A few weeks ago—just after Thanksgiving—I received an unexpected package in the mail from artist/curator Crystalle Lacouture. Contained within was a limited run wood-block print, a directive, and a booklet...
