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Like hopefully everyone else, I have been practicing social distancing for the last 3 weeks or so. I’m taking walks when the weather is nice, and for the rest of the time I’m staying at home. It’s a new reality that we’re living in. We’re not wired to be isolated, and it’s taking a toll on all of us.

I recently returned from QuiltCon 2020 in Austin, Texas; four days of immersion in modern quilts. Walking through the exhibition, attending lectures and workshops, and roaming the vendor floor put my brain into overdrive. An explosion of color everywhere, and so many impressions and experiences to process.

Trying to be(come) an artist is something I’d never before contemplated. Being firmly rooted and immersed in the corporate world for decades didn’t exactly foster that kind of thinking, and I had never thought of myself as a creative person.