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Collected Item: “Relax. Think COVID-free thoughts.”

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Relax. Think COVID-free thoughts.

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screenshot

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.

San Francisco Bay Area artists, Mark Harris, created a stunning mural on the boarded up windows of local Business, Rose Gold Piercing and Tattoo. Rose Gold shut its doors at the start of California's COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders and has yet to reopen. Harris's message to "Relax, think COVID-free thoughts" is a reminder of how much our world has changed and is being dictated by the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic continues to wreck havoc on the San Francisco Bay Area, Harris's art brings hope and beauty to local residents. Harris's mural is a part of the larger San Francisco Bay Area art initiate, Paint the Void. Over 100 murals have been created in public spaces throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as a result of Paint the Void.

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?

#HST580, #ASU, #sanfranciscobayarea, street art, public spaces, hope, beauty, artists, culture

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://paintthevoid.org/blog-1/rose-gold-piercing-and-tattoo, https://www.instagram.com/markharrisart/

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

Mark Harris, Paint the Void

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2020-08-11
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