(Student Submission) Artist Statement: Like most people, quarantine has been an interesting experience for me. I have found myself on a roller coaster of emotions, from the peaks of happiness and relaxation to the valleys of loneness and emptiness. What
Category: Creative Writing
Emily Howard – I Was Wrong About You
(Student Submission) Theme: Before, During, and After Artist Statement: “I Was Wrong About You” is a poem in response to the theme, Before, During and After. It is about the journey of self love that I have experienced throughout the
Geoff Tompsett – Notes from the lockdown
(Faculty Submission) Theme: Community in Isolation Artist Statement: I was lucky enough to live in a neighborhood of an affluent town where people helped and encouraged each other during this unusual time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, I can only
Greg Palmerino – Poetry Collection
(Staff Submission) Theme: Before, During and After Artist Statement: There are no greater themes in art and life than love and death. COVID-19 reminds us how timeless the Earth can be compared to human existence and how much direction and
Julia Toplyn – Untitled
(Student Submission) Theme: Community in Isolation Artist Statement: Many of my family members, myself included, had a birthday that occurred during COVID, and like many we were unable to celebrate with our regular cookouts and a beach weekend. So, we
Karen Sharpe – Other Voices
(Staff Submission) Theme: None Artist Statement: Pre-pandemic, I was on the road a lot, which made it sometimes difficult to regularly practice my art, which is poetry. I work with a group of poets near Boston nearly every other
Kavitha Anand – A Paused Clock
(Public submission) Theme: Before/After COVID Artist Statement: We, humans, have changed a lot along with the changing world. We all have become technology slaves, social media addicts, workaholics and have started to ignore our families, emotional quotients and even basic
Kavitha Anand – Breathe
(Public Submission) Theme: Optimism in a Pandemic Artist Statement: This poem is a tribute the great soldiers called as health workers who have worked round the clock during this pandemic, around the much feared COVID patients with no complaint. It
Nasim Mansuri – Company
(Student Submission) Theme: Alone Together Artist Statement: The most interesting part of quarantine has been seeing how constant company affects my cat. Her habits and personality have changed as a result of the crisis, just like mine have. She follows
Nasim Mansuri – Days under the virus
(Student Submission) Theme: Ourselves in the World Artist Statement: I think most people found that the quarantine made them value social interaction more; made them crave socialization. For me, it was the opposite: I have settled very comfortably in an