Brittle Beauty: Pandemania Day 192 - Mandala 092420
Original digital imagery printed on 100% cotton rag paper
20 x 20 inches

Brittle Beauty was created during the Covid-19 pandemic and is part of my Pandemania Days series. During the pandemic, I repurposed my Daily Practice—Visual Journal digital mandala series to document the times. Titled the Pandemania Days series, I posted daily artworks on social media. They responded directly to my engagement with nature, sheltering, and global civil uprising. Each mandala is inspired by, and created from, a photograph taken on my daily pandemic walk; and each is accompanied by a written journal entry.”

Brittle Beauty Journal Entry: 

“Thursday, September 24, 2020. The smells, colors, sounds, and sensations of California Autumn are everywhere. A quiet solo walk was grounding after two "crunched" weeks of deadlines. These seem insignificant in light of police violence and tragic losses everywhere and worldwide. Drying, translucent flora filtered beams of light and hope.