One of the advantages of a Shelter-in-Place order is that art thrives when given attention. In response to the current crisis I started a series on paintings focused on the various emotions I experienced during this pandemic — everything from isolation to new appreciation for first responders, to feelings of vulnerability, then dread, and finally to surprise by neighborly small acts of kindness.
Sheltering in Place.
Glass buildings,
reflecting sunlight and other weather.
Becoming a mere artifact of our Shelter-in-Place time
as well as a catalog of lives
not quite being fully lived.
Editor’s note: The above art and poem are the first part of a long, epic poem. The rest of the poem will be coming soon.