
Not pictured-"Pandumbic", Quarantina Turner", and "Miley Virus". Pictured here are "Quentin Quarantino" (with the Electro Hygiene vacuum cleaner button) and "Covidiot 19" (with the hand soap can and bug). And finally, just for fun, there's the Pandemic Series. As governments, corporations and charity groups rush to get their citizens and employees out of Afghanistan, dozens of Afghan people got help to flee their country from Instagram influencer Quentin Quarantino. 15, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. If that's not a metaphor for the human condition, I don't know what is. This photo provided by JujuShotMe shows Tommy Marcus, Sunday, Nov. But soon those thoughts and ideas retreat, so he drinks more coffee and the process repeats itself. As he lowers the cup, his brain activates and beautiful thoughts emerge from his head.

Turn the crank and the robot takes a sip of coffee. They are a challenge and take a LOT of time. And I'm making more automata-pieces the move when you turn the crank. The truck, for example in the first photo "Dogs Riding in Trucks"-I've been holding on to that for years. For one, the daily reminder of mortality has encouraged me to use those pieces of junk I've been clinging to, afraid to use because I know I'll never find another. But for the Fobots (Found Object Robots), the quarantine has sparked some interesting new directions. Without the never-ending hamster wheel of making work that I know will sell, constantly trying to produce enough to make it to the next art show, I'm stretching, experimenting, and working on projects I've always wanted to try, including a whole different direction that I'm not ready to show anyone yet. But I'm not complaining-this has been the most creative time of my life. I have a website, but it just isn't the same. I had the best lineup of shows I've ever had in my career, and one by one, I'm watching them all slip away. As a traveling artist who sells her work primarily at art fairs, of course I'm taking a big financial hit.
