Global Pandemic: Day One

I want you all to know that I'm right there with you.

With you, that has all that anxiety, all that doubt.
With you, that worries about getting sick, about running out of money, about next month's bills.

I'm with you.
I have to step away from all the news, and social media for a bit.

With all that anxiety, all the fast heart beats, all the tense muscles, all the short breaths
there's only one containment.

I need to ART. I need to unplug, download, and free up some memory.
I need to make cards, work in a journal, and get my hands messy so I can say to myself "I'm washing my hands because they have paint and ink all over them." not because some damn virus might be lurking there.

So I'm right there with you. ART won't fix my finances, or my health (if I get sick, cuz not yet, baby), it will lessen my load. ART will drain the poison and panic from a mind that can't stop whirling with all the "what ifs".

So welcome to the new normal for the next couple weeks or maybe months, depending.
I'm going to ART and I'm going to share it here and on Instagram and my Facebook page.
For no other reason than I can't look at the news anymore, I can't. It's too scary. But I will look at ART, any kind.

Here's my first share for a world locked in a Pandemic and for you, just locked in your home.

Shout out to Dare 2B Artzy. They make amazing stamps and papers with designs that are cheerful and encouraging. These cards were made with their supplies. Find them HERE.

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Breathe deep.
-Wy