Oh my, Cindy. This post was so much more than just a few new photos of your incredible Wall Project. Zooming in on them, one by one, I feel like I just had a visceral tour of the last year and what, six weeks maybe? Or was it six months? It’s hard to know, or to feel more accurately, how to catalogue a time that is so unbelievably unfamiliar and agonizing to track. But, it’s so important that we do track it, and your wall is becoming more and more of a touchdown for me. I’m sure for others too. And the mix of painful and hopeful and beautiful images is what’s helping me get through. Not denying the ugly, but also reminding us of what is in fact still beautiful about us and about this time in our history. And then that video….it is going to run in my head all day! Thank you, one of my most favorite songs. And thank you too for this work you do, I cannot tell you how much it means to me.
I think it is still possible to include joyful drawings on your wall, just like it is possible for those protests to sing in Minneapolis, making their own joyful sound despite the gloom.
Yes, I think you're right. Not so much since 2026 started but I do step back and draw my son or my dog when it gets a little heavy. And just drawing itself is positive. Thanks, Polly.
Oh my, Cindy. This post was so much more than just a few new photos of your incredible Wall Project. Zooming in on them, one by one, I feel like I just had a visceral tour of the last year and what, six weeks maybe? Or was it six months? It’s hard to know, or to feel more accurately, how to catalogue a time that is so unbelievably unfamiliar and agonizing to track. But, it’s so important that we do track it, and your wall is becoming more and more of a touchdown for me. I’m sure for others too. And the mix of painful and hopeful and beautiful images is what’s helping me get through. Not denying the ugly, but also reminding us of what is in fact still beautiful about us and about this time in our history. And then that video….it is going to run in my head all day! Thank you, one of my most favorite songs. And thank you too for this work you do, I cannot tell you how much it means to me.
This is so lovely. Thank you, Leah.
It's like making daily observations, getting yourself to think about something other than yourself and worries etc.
I think it is still possible to include joyful drawings on your wall, just like it is possible for those protests to sing in Minneapolis, making their own joyful sound despite the gloom.
Yes, I think you're right. Not so much since 2026 started but I do step back and draw my son or my dog when it gets a little heavy. And just drawing itself is positive. Thanks, Polly.