America Disrupted
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Since the pandemic began, I have been sequestered in my home in Los Angeles. As an asthmatic, I have now been sheltering in place for more than 200 days (with...
A Calmer Position
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I live by the sea. The Internet offers access to world news, weather, information, and disinformation. During these past six months, like a boat tied to a buoy, I was...
What About the Kids?
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I'm so proud of the children in my neighborhood. They understand the seriousness of the coronavirus epidemic. They wear masks and play with siblings and sometimes with one pod-mate. Though...
Middle Path
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Since I'm an intuitive abstract artist, I don't start with a plan. I just paint and see what comes out. I found painting during this pandemic to be strangely difficult...
Music for Homeworking: A Lockdown Project
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Well, it is official. Coronavirus lockdown has changed our working landscape for the foreseeable future. Recent polls showed that many people who have been working from home during the pandemic...
The Pandemic and the Great Outdoors
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Based on my wanderings around Cambridge and the surrounding areas, it's clear that people are pretty much doing what they always did—just masked, for the most part, and socially distancing...
An Only Child Prepares for the Pandemic
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I learned at an early age how to be alone. I had no choice; I was an only child. I grew up on a farm in southeastern Illinois, so I...
The Virus Series
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Since late March 2020, as the unprecedented lockdown/quarantine took effect across the Northeast USA, which has been my home for the past 30 years, I decided to visually document this...