Skipping Through a Housefire

Is everyone okay?

National Emergency

I’m not sure if it’s just me, but this is the most casual national emergency and it doesn’t feel real. First off, I’d like to say to the people still going out and seeing if I want to hangout with big groups of people, no. Take this seriously people.

I get it’s hard to not be social, trust me I get it, but this is much more important. Everyone’s gotta make sacrifices and if you haven’t yet then know that you should. I’m not a medical professional I’m just someone in a very odd situation because of all of this and I’m giving my two cents.

Thank you for reading this, and if you’re a consistent reader you’re an all star.

I’ve stopped traveling just so all of you know and also have been stuck in certain areas from this and certain situations. I’m going to continue to do my best to stick to a social responsibility. It’s hard to not want to be with family right now. There’s lots of things that would be better, but everyone’s going through it.

Your spring break can wait.

Again I’m not the Final Opinion

I am just a person and there may be information I need to research more, but I think the biggest universal thing for people is to stay at home and not be stupid. Being young during all this, the news has made it seem, at least to me like we’re all going to be fine. The older generations will be more at risk and that makes it somehow less scary for some younger people. They think since it’s not them that they can have some leeway. This is not true, there’s other people’s lives at stake. I had to start taking this more seriously and not going to mention too much on where I am or with who. Those who know know and I don’t want to give away any of other people’s info until we know more.

I am not going out, and I’m not traveling, I am staying inside as much as I can besides being in my backyard and for a run.

Keep being creative

Quarantine is not an excuse to not be productive in a creative way. I have not written as much as I’d like to have with all of this going on. As some of you were able to see in the fact that I haven’t posted in a while. So here I am back again writing on this to prep myself to try and write in my scripts.

To those who need to hear it, go write something right now, or paint or Woodburn or make something!

We are all inside and can still be doing so much work in creative ways. It’s hard that we have to be inside, but that opens us up to finding new creative ways to pass time. I am thankful that people are so creative because there's some great content being put out there that’s helping get people through this time. Tik tok has been a great time waster so if you need something to do that might be fun. Just don’t spend too much time on that. Let that be a mental break from all this anxiety and social craze, then get to work.

I am excited to see what people come up with, and if you are making something and want to share It leave a link in the comments or drop it in a comment on instagram. I want to see what more people are up to.

New Wave

With all that’s happening I have been thinking…

Will we get a new wave of art coming after quarantine. Masses of people are being told to stay inside and that hopefully will lead to more innovation in creativity like I mentioned. So will that make it so that after this people will come forward with new art and new-ish styles?

Or since we have social media to already share, will it already all be getting put out and staying main stream during the quarantine?

My hope is that there’s artists who are reigniting old inspirations in this time or finding new ones. An idle mind will find new ways to stay excited. I personally am happy to be here and aware of the fact this might happen. Of course I’m with everyone and know how serious this needs to be taken and that this isn’t a good time. I do think that the idea of new art is exciting me not because of the circumstances it’s being made in, but rather that new art can help people’s moods during this turbulent time.

I hope that the excitement doesn’t seem like it’s coming from a shallow or immature place when I mention it in this blog, but that It shows that I’m hopeful that creatives will keep creating and serving the community with their art. Beauty and aesthetics can help people stay calm during this. I’m so thankful for all of the filmmakers, musicians and more for having made content for people to consume as they’re locked in. I just hope more will be made to continue in this and hopefully rise to meet people on a communal ground. Everyone seems a little on edge and I think that some new art could be a base or a muse for people to be able to find relief in throughout this.

Thank you for reading this and I hope it was of some relief to you during this time. I will continue to ramble and if there’s any comments or questions you have, send them my way.