Our world changed during quarantine for the coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess in Japan, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and at home in Syracuse, NY .
The R.E.M song, “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”, keeps circling through my head. Let’s make art! It’s the way we see the world clearly and make sense of events. Talking about it, documenting it, and making art is like… all we can do right now. Make ART, especially since shelter in place are the words of the day and act as a therapy to avoid suffering from PTSD. Here is some recent art that has been inspired by our experience of being caught on the other side of the world at the beginning of the coronavirus world pandemic.