Our schools closed on March 13, 2020. Between September 10, 2020 (when they reopened) and March 13, 2022 our children spent a minimum of 103,320 minutes wearing masks in school.
I have made one mark for each minute. Look at all those minutes. Not once did the kids complain.
I don’t know what their generation will be called. I don’t know what their story will be. But let it be said of our children that they stayed strong, they held the line, they did what was asked of them (they did what was necessary), while adults everywhere lost their minds.
My children are rockstars. They are my heroes. This is my way of honoring the contribution they have made to our society. They are doing their part. May the same be said of us.
pen & ink on paper
2022
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pen & ink on paper
2022
Tally marks illustrating all the days of the year. The bolder marks indicate the new normal we now live under, beginning with the closing of schools on March 14th. This work is ongoing.
pen & ink on paper
2020
Being home with them all day, every day, and not being able to be with other people, began to feel similar to when they were toddlers and did nothing but ask questions constantly. I was just as exhausted mentally as I was back then. So I recorded, to the best of my ability, the bombardment of queries. I’m sure I missed a few, being so used to tuning them out!
pen & ink, graphite on paper
2020
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pen & ink, graphite on paper
2020
Inspired by the act of writing lines in school to allow a lesson to sink in and a reminder to myself that we will get used to this time.
pen & ink, graphite on paper
2020
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pen & ink, graphite on paper
2020
Every day in the life of a father.
pen & ink on paper
2021
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pen & ink on paper
2021
Calling back to “practice takes practice” made at the start of quarantine, this piece was created for the day when my children returned to school, after six months at home.
pen & ink, graphite on paper
2020
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pen & ink, graphite on paper
2020
Interested in documenting how we were spending our time in quarantine, I counted the number of podcast episodes I listened to in a little over a month’s time.
embroidery on paper, pen & ink
2020
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embroidery on paper, pen & ink
2020
At some point, I gave up and let them spend hours listening to Harry Potter and Bunnicula while coloring or building with Legos. For myself, I wanted to see what all those minutes looked like.
graphite on paper
2020
A visual reminder of an essential practice, especially in the early days of quarantine.
pen & ink on paper
2020