The semester has finally ended. The pandemic has taken its toll on my time to paint. As I was finishing grading last week, I decided to start putting paint to paper in between grading papers.
I had this set of 28 x 22“ posterboard paper laying around all semester. I couldn’t bring myself to open it up because schoolwork has required twice the level of input from me since Covid started.
Interestingly during this same absence of painting time, I have felt the cloud of depression increasingly creeping up on me. With the semester coming to a close I could see a light at the end of the tunnel and I told myself to make time to paint.
These three came together over the period of one week. I am staying away from canvases for now and using paper to get back up on my feet. I can’t yet say that it’s kept the depression clouds away but it did feel good and I haven’t felt good for a while.
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