Pandemic Journaling Part I: Reasons to Start Writing Today
I first entered into an on-again, off-again journaling practice at the beginning of 2009. Consistent writing became one of a handful of ways I coped with living across the country from my family, managing chronic (and at the time unnamed and undiagnosed) illness, juggling an intense college workload, and saying good-bye to my husband for long stretches of time as he was sent overseas…
Creating in the Time of COVID
In autumn 2020, a young journalist interviewed me about my work as an artist -- how had my art responded to the realities of the pandemic? But as the interview progressed, I began to sense a disconnect between what I had to share and what this journalist was seeking…