A lot of factors have combined to reduce my creative output since mid-March. And they’re the same factors that many people have faced since “COVID-19” entered the global vocabulary: social distancing and isolation, working from home, high workload, significantly reduced opportunity to travel, and a free-floating disquiet connected with a daily diet of bad news on so many fronts.
I have been lacking in motivation.
Still, I have course work to do for my art program and the world continues to spin outside my door. So I made an effort recently to drive to a small town nearby that I had never visited. The town was hosting a printmaking event that involved the creative use of a steamroller on the main street. I haven’t been to a lot of steamroller printmaking sessions, so I went.
And I’m glad I did. It got me out of the house and expanded my mental map of the region I live in.
Ça va bien aller.
