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CREATIVITY IN THE MIDST OF PANDEMIC

How are you? We're all feeling isolated and worried. The news is dire day by day as science battles against ignorance with lives on the line. It's hard and I'll be the first to say that most days, I'm overwhelmed.

I was furloughed from my job this week and I'm not sure when I'll go back. A few weeks ago, Stephanie and I cut up an ill-fitting dress shirt to sew our own face masks, which turned into one of the most frustrating misadventures I can remember. I thought I would spend my time at home writing and reading and exercising, but most days, I spend too much time on the Internet and watching Netflix.

So, I get it. COVID-19 has turned our world upside down. But we must carry on as best we can. I hope you're finding moments of joy and rest in these disheartening times.

In my most recent blog post, I think about the difficulty of trying to be creative with a pandemic raging around us:

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BONUS ARTICLE: HOW TO BE MORE RESILIENT
Just before going on furlough, I got to write a blog article for the Y about emotional resilience. In researching this article, I was reminded of the rescue of 12 soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand a couple of years ago and found in that story practical ways to weather adversity and even emerge from it stronger. Check it out:
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CREATIVITY COLLOQUY ON ZOOM
Creative Colloquy can't meet in person right now, so our literary gatherings have moved online. You can listen in or read something of your own every Monday at 7pm for the foreseeable future.

Learn more about the event:
BRING WRITERS INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM
WHAT I'M READING AND LISTENING TO
Here are some of the things I'm consuming that I've enjoyed and highly recommend.
BOOKS: FROM AROUND THE INTERNET:
THE LAST WORD
I hope you're taking care of yourself. Please stay home to protect those who are most vulnerable. Take long walks around your neighborhood. Read an amazing book while drinking tea. Check in on someone else. Carve out moments of happiness when you can and sit with your feelings when you need to. Until next time...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jonny Eberle is a writer, photographer and filmmaker. He lives in Tacoma, WA with his wife and three typewriters. His writing can be found in Creative Colloquy and Grit City Magazine He blogs at www.jweberle.com.
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