4.27.20

Center of Gravity

Read an article in The Atlantic last night and felt the ground shift beneath my feet. I was not able to sleep very well afterwards and to say I am feeling less than centered today is an understatement. It was focused on all of the things Tim and I have been discussing for a few years now, but to see it in black and white and with points of research behind it was more than unnerving. Rather than a discourse on how we are (not) managing the pandemic here in the USA, it was a discourse about the deep fissures of inequality and resulting decay of civilization that the pandemic has exposed in America. Our leaders were likened to some of the worst leaders and moments in time in our world’s history including Nazi Germany and I thought to myself - and which country will come to our aid when all hell breaks loose?

Dire thoughts - I try to use this daily art practice to see and celebrate beauty and find the humor in dark places. But not these past few days. Right now I am in it. But I plan to be back on the other side really soon. If I can just get back to center -