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INTERLUDES

HEAD BACK HOME TO THE PLACE WHERE I GREW UP

"I have been growing despite myself, for better or for worse" · by Isabelle Bouvier

"Various stages of the most difficult school year of my life" · by Zoe Bridgewater

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HOMEBODY

BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME

"A meditation on the contemplative and manic phases I’ve survived since March." · by Caitlin Troutman

"Being stuck at home makes you see your house in a different way" · by Ana Burn

NEW BUDS

LOST AND FOUND

"After being a stationary witness for all those months, I could finally be in motion too" · by Alia Wilhelm

"During the pandemic, a doomed Arctic expedition became my comfort media of choice" · by Jules Peralta

MAKING SENSE OF SCRAPS

DARK EDGE

"Inhabiting a space for extended periods of time made us reimagine its potential" · by Victoria Campa

"A recent hit for me has been all of the work done by David Lynch" · by Athena Merry

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FILM RECS: A STUDIO GHIBLI TOOL KIT

UNREAL

"A source of light and sustenance during difficult times" · by Farah Ghafoor

"I wanted to go out, but I also fell in love with my life as it was." · by Alba Petrichor

FILM RECS: SPOOK-O-RAMA

STRANGER ON THE PIER

"Sleazy and sinful screen thrills from the early decades of Hollywood." · Nicole Stunwyck

"Before the pandemic went into full swing, I left on a trip" · Zophia Dadlez"

THERE AND BACK

QUARANTINE TABLEAUX

"The drive from Seattle to Chicago is approximately 30 hours." · by Anna White

"It felt apt to explore these narratives from a more surrealist point of view" · by Nasrah Omar

STANDING NEXT TO YOU

GAUCHE

"I don't want to forget what it felt like to stand next to you while watching beanie babies embrace" · by Clips Split

"I decided to shift my focuses elsewhere until things normalize again" · by Desi Valdez

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BRIDGING THE GAP

QUARANTINE COLORS

"I remember the first few weeks as a time of rediscovery" · by Victoria Campa

"I struggled with the simultaneous warmth and discomfort of being at home" · by Nissa Edmonds

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BOTH SIDES

COMPANION

"I decided to show the good and the bad" · by Marianna Asimakopoulou

"Our homes follow us like small, silent companions" · by Jessie Mahon

TRULY HAPPY

ENJOY THE SILENCE

"I've been experiencing things more intensely than usual" · by Athena Merry

"In the middle of this hellish summer, we took to the road" · by Millie Costigan

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF LONELINESS

INDOOR VOICES

"I explored the loneliness I felt by taking pictures of a once joyful college town that has completely changed due to the pandemic" · by Marianna Asimakopoulou

"We are all experiencing collective grief over the loss of our “normal” lives" · By Leigh Burmesch & Hannah Boomershine

HERE, NOW

WATTLE BLOOM

"My head was spinning at home but when I stepped outside it felt like the world stopped" · by Callie Bri Keels

"I wasn’t scared about making new friends or finding a home. I was scared to leave the wattle behind" · by Benedicte O'Leary Rutherford

THE GOOD MOMENTS

"I’ve found it's the small things that help" · by Benedicte O'Leary Rutherford

CHICK HABIT

"A scanner punk-style zine about chickens and growth" · by Anna White

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IN AWE OF SYMBIOSIS

"My relationship with the outdoors feels more loving and respectful than it used to" · by Alia Wilhelm

IN THIS TOGETHER

"Chatting with the women at Creating Ground made me see that art offered an escape" · by Alev Kayagil

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ALONE, TOGETHER

LOST SOUL, BE AT PEACE

"I wish people would just stop denying reality. I don't think anything will go back to normal" · by Mariana Lizaur

"My only friend, a gray tabby cat named Tommi, had disappeared inside my house. How does that even happen? " · by Maggie Thrash

MAPPING THE BODY

"Before coronavirus, I took touching for granted" · by Nina Turok Shapiro

STAYING IN

Photos that capture a soft femininity, calling to mind the casual intimacy of sleepovers in teenage bedrooms · by Ashley Armitage

PSYCHEDELIC ACCEPTANCE

"I created downloadable phone backgrounds based on my interpretations of the virtual world" · by LoMo

SOMETHING NEW

"These collages have helped me express my experiences in an increasingly fragmented world" · by Ginny Darke

AMPLIFYING THE SOUND

"I feel a duty as a resident of Hong Kong to help amplify their sound in any possible way" · by Ruth McKenzie-Milner

A REIMAGINING

"I seek to subvert the traditional rigidity of classical portrait photography, and stereotypical interpretation of women of color in fine art" · by LoMo

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DEMANDING JUSTICE

LAY, LADY, LAY

"From peaceful marches and demonstrations to police officers in riot gear with covered badges instigating violence, this is what I've seen" · by Alexis Lehman

"I write what I can't touch and then I disguise it as something else: that's what poetry means to me" · by Agustina Zabala

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NO TIME TO WAIT

"When the uprise of the Black Lives Matter Movement started, I felt angry, but also part of a new era of change · by Daniela Loza

IN THE MOMENT

"You get the image and you like it or you don't, and then there's not much you can do about it" · by Celeste Ortiz

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BURN, BABY, BURN

"The weight of being Black in America never lifted itself from my chest. It’s a constant state of confusion and rage that ebbs and flows" · by Tina Tona

THE WARMTH OF IT

"Memories of the mundane have transformed into science fiction: Everything that came before this is a relic of times past and strange" · by Alia Wilhelm

FILLING THE SPACE TOGETHER

"When I feel that this space we have created is insurmountable, I try to imagine it as potential" · by Maddie Rogers and Fernanda Paola

"NOBODY_" SNIPPETS

"An attempt to document six years of medical trauma, quarantine, and infectious disease" · by Jonathan Stutz

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HANDMADE MASKS & WHERE TO BUY THEM

"If I’m going to wear one every day, I need to find something good" · by Jaclyn Skurie

FILM RECS: LOVE STORIES

"I hope these films will encourage you to keep dreaming, crying, hoping, and loving, even in isolation" · by Victoria Campa

HEAVY IS THE HEAD

"A series of self-portraits where I'm wearing crowns made out of objects I associate with this time of isolation and lockdown" · by Nina Turok Shapiro

VESNA

"I took my first polaroids just before the lockdown in Russia" · by Masha Grib

PURPLE INTO BLACK

"What does it look like to sit with your feelings? Do you need a special kind of chair?" · by Alia Wilhelm

OUT OF BODY

"Recently, it feels like I only exist on the internet" · by Anna White

A LACK OF INTIMACY

Collages that explore our lack of intimacy we’ve been experiencing and the anxiety surrounding vaccines and crowded places· by Nina Turok Shapiro

FILM RECS: WOMEN IN REVOLT

"Old Hollywood starlets and rebellious teenage girl characters tend to have a strong effect on me" · by Nicole Stunwyck

CONFINEMENT REFLECTIONS

"Drawing is my way of reflecting" · by Vicky Monte

A COLOURFUL PAST

"You can take professional photos forever but they will never be as satisfying and fun as unplanned ones you take with your friends" · by Jasmine Dunne

CALLING

"When my WiFi doesn't cut out, video chatting is a sweet group processing session" · by Caroline Cash

BOOK PICKS: WOMANHOOD IN SOLITUDE

"These books are able to sew the pieces of my personality back together even while everything else is dull, confusing, and blurred" · by Lauren Ball

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LOVE LETTERS TO PERFECT STRANGERS

LETTER FROM A LONELY PAINTER

"My collaged cards have gone everywhere from Tokyo to Wisconsin" · by Georgia Resnick

"When I paint, I don’t lie to myself" · by Agustina Zabala

THROUGH THE MOTIONS

INTO MY ARMS

"My cat, Byron, has seen me more vulnerable than anyone I know" · by Maddie Rogers

"These are pictures that remind me of everything I want to go back to when this is over" · by Agustina Zabala

FILM RECS: EXPLORING ISOLATION

THE DANCE OF DEATH

Films covering a myriad of emotions, to help you both explore isolation, and escape it · by Abigail Baldwin

"The units that make up a day are zipping by, and there’s nothing I can do about it" · by Alia Wilhelm

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RUMAH

"We were going from seeing each other sometimes to seeing each other all times, under shelter-in-place" · by Hannah Boomershine

ATTENTION, 2020

"Now, more than ever, I am sitting with my own fear and trying to figure out what is truly important" · by Madeline Keyes-Levine

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FILMS RECS: GATHERING INSPIRATION

"Movies are one of my favorite ways to temporarily get away from my thoughts while still gathering lots of encouraging inspiration" · by Grace Miceli

AN ARCHIVE OF THOUGHTS

How will this time of loss, stress and anxiety affect those who didn't experience or witness it? · by Kelly McGovern

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