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Collected Item: “Staying At Home”

Give your story a title.

Staying At Home

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This is a photograph of a collage in my room that I made during the stay-at-home order in Michigan.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Many people had a lot of time to themselves while sheltering in place since March in the United States. Many people spent their time cooking, cleaning, or participating in art projects. I chose to express myself with a bunch of picture collages which I hung up in my room. I was cutting pictures out of a book I had and I came across a picture of a pandemic from 1918 so I hung it up in one of my collages and decided to include the caption.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#athome, #sadness, #pandemic, #isolation #expression

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.pinterest.com

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Jessica Newton

Give this story a date.

0020-04-17
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