#FoodforThoughtCreativeQuarantine Artist Rebecca Siemering shares her practice during the pandemic. Within the first month of the current crisis, I was reading how it was important to document the time we are in for historians. With being at home, conducting school at home, and working, there has not been much time to use my hands for my art practice, much less write. As an artist I need to keep my hands moving to feel ok or I get agitated. In times of stress, I often write haikus to settle my mind. Traditional haiku references nature and specifics to the season, drawing out a view of the inner self by being reflective upon a moment. I think of the crisis of COVID19 as a temporary season itself. I found a small notebook and set some limitations to begin writing a poem a day. I find limitations in mediums to be freeing. You have to work against them to express your idea and that can lead to greater creativity. In my fiber based sculpture work, I take a material
