Posts by Garry

I’m obsessed with clouds. Unlike my family in China, who experienced the initial lock-down in the depth of the winter months, I find myself “sheltered” in an affluent Maryland suburb as the temperature rises to outdoor-friendly degrees. When the staggering numbers of the cases and deaths and the discourses around who is to blame –…

For a while, I have had some difficulty finding interest in my artwork. I had stopped doing personal work years ago and focused on my college projects. After being in quarantine with nothing else to do but homework and rest I have used that extra time to get back into drawing and doing digital work…

Some of my favorite news stories lately have been the ones about groups of people who are adapting fast and relatively easily to this crisis. Germaphobes: vindicated at last. People with obsessive-compulsive tendencies: way ahead of the curve on hand-washing. Disaster preppers: organizing their stashes of canned goods and trying not to gloat. Anxious people:…

I awaken these days early in the morning, sometimes before five, to my dog Chance raring to go. Unlike me, he is a patient creature, and he indulges my tendency to ward off the worries of the impending day and steal another few minutes of sleep. I grab Chance close and cuddle him tight. Perhaps he…