ART TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
Art often mirrors life – or at least serves to reflect it.
Art can serve as a distraction – or release – and is a way to help us survive difficulties in life
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world by storm in mid-March, 2020, I looked to art as a distraction – and release – and first posted my findings on Facebook. It helped me to not focus on all the bad news and negative and depressing postings that engulfed the site. I wanted to encourage others to do the same.
I was inspired to use this art to create this blog. I included additional depth about the artists, the works of art and the museums where these artworks reside. I shared how they relate to what was going on in the world at that time. I hoped they would encourage others – like you. I want them to inspire you to someday see them in person. Someday as the world opens up again for us to explore the world through travel!
Cher’s Famous Art is Created
Spring 2020 and the pandemic shutdowns brought my high school and college classes to a screeching halt.
I joined Facebook for the first time, and it became a welcome link to the outside world. It also has served as a platform, along with this blog, to sharing my passions with an unseen, but strangely visible, world!
With no classes to teach, and with the desire to provide something mindful (vs. mind-less) to my Facebook community, I created “Cher’s Famous Art.” Each week I posted a work of famous art that was relevant to what we were experiencing, or a holiday or event we were missing. A year – and over 70 works of art later – I’ve decided to catalog them in a retrospect so the sequence can be enjoyed and appreciated.
Post-Script Post-Pandemic. Today, in 2024, I look back and reflect on what we encountered and endured during that uncertain time – and the postings and art mean even more to me today as I appreciate and recognize that we made it through. And for me, the art helped me in that process.
Spring 2020: A Retrospect
Spring 2020: A Retrospect.
A recap of all the postings from March, April and May 2020.
Spring 2020 was one of sudden collapse and cession of everything we knew. Public gatherings abruptly ended. I created a website to share my passion for art and provide a bit of re-direction for my Facebook friends and blog followers. Did you join in the middle? Miss out on some? “Spring 2020: A Retrospect. A Year in the Life of the Pandemic with Cher’s Famous Art” is a recap of the 1st three months of this endless year. Come…join me in retrospect..
Summer 2020: A Retrospect
Summer 2020: A recap of all the postings for June, July and August 2020.
Summer 2020 brought the opportunity to get outside the confinement of our homes during the spring pandemic shutdowns. Parks and lakes were teaming with people connecting in the freedom of the open air, a way to forget about the pandemic and all that it brought with it. This blog recaps June, July & August, 2020 and links to all the art and topics covered.
Autumn 2020: A Retrospect
Autumn 2020: A recap of all the postings for September, October and November 2020.
Fall 2020 marked a half-year of the COVID-19 pandemic shut downs. Follow the progression, week by week, with my blog posts for Fall 2020, as seen through famous art. Want to review? Miss out on one of the posts? Links to each blog will connect you to discussion, reflections, art and details reflecting that week’s topics.
Winter 2020-2021: A Retrospect
Winter 2020-2021: A recap of all postings for December 2020 and January/February 2021
Winter 2020-21: a Retrospect. A Year in the Life of the Pandemic with Cher’s Famous Art. Listing of blogs from December, January and February to transport you in pictures and reflections of this season.
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