Limited Edition Accordion Book "Messy Pandemic Thoughts"

Now in the Rare Book Collection of the University of Virginia.  19/20 Limited Edition Copies Still Available.  Price will increase as availability dwindles   $195   I created this book and wrote this poem in April 2020 during the early days of the pandemic when we felt afloat, unsure, depressed, etc.  It is a visual representation of that time…   There is No "Right" Way to React to a Pandemic by Anne Bedrick on April 10, 2020 There is no "right" way to react to a pandemic There is only this day And this moment's reaction No "right" way to ART No "should", no "shouldn't"   We are all at sea Floating, falling Spinning in place At the edges of the life we once knew Grasping at the familiar   Our homes are cages of isolation    Some days continue the work of the before Busy, busy Doing As if nothing is changed In denial of the current reality   Other days it is impossible to escape Into the paint and color  Judged by a former version of self   A self on hold  Perhaps never to return   The real work is to be okay with the one that shows up each day To remind To remember There is no "right" way to react in a pandemic