I have used social media alot during the pandemic for my art practice. I am a visual designer/art director by profession but also a practicing studio artist. I have used Instagram for the daily sketches I have been posting that are part of the Virus Series I have been doing. Now that I have been doign it for 200+ days I feel like I have a responsibility to others to continue this practice until this pandemic is over and we go back to a more normal state of being.
October 28, 2020
To be brutally honest, I didn't face it. I volunteer at a local recovery community center, for people recovering from addictions of various sorts. And that puts me in (partial) charge of people who don't properly wear their masks, don't like all these new rules, and will gladly express their opinions loudly, as though they can just intimidate me in that way to let them get away with their shit. And I never do, but it's fucking tiring to remind patrons multiple times to just keep their mask on, or remind the professional staff and other volunteers to do the same. So I gave up last week. I told them I was not returning to volunteer until I could control my anger. And I still do not have great control, but instead I have limited my hours, so I work at it. But I am not baking down and letting people bully me into not taking this shit seriously anymore.
August 20, 2020