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Collected Item: “Painting in Quarantine”

Give your story a title.

Painting in Quarantine

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

Painting, I painted it.

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.

During quarantine, we were all very bored and going a little stir crazy. One day, I really wanted to get into painting because it is relaxing for me, and it takes up a lot of time. This is important to me because it was something during lockdown that made me feel relaxed and calm. It was a stressful time for everyone, and we all had to find hobbies that would keep us busy. I think that is what this says about the pandemic, we had to find these little things to keep us going throughout the long days stuck inside, and painting really helped me do that.

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?

#painting, #newhampshire, #relaxing, #sunflower #paintinginpandemic, #hobbies

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

Sydney Joseph

Give this story a date.

2020-04-15
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