Mixed Emotions

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Research Article| August 01 2021 Mixed Emotions: Cutting and Pasting through Loss, Detritus, and Forced Isolation During COVID-19 Carolyn Tillie Carolyn Tillie Carolyn Tillie is a writer, artist, and curator focused on gastronomic themes. She has written about edible art and oysters for Reaktion Press and is currently in collaboration with Ken Albala for a book on aphrodisiacs. Her food-themed jewelry and artistic creations can be further explored at www.carolyntillie.com. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2021) 21 (3): 81–87. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.3.81 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Carolyn Tillie; Mixed Emotions: Cutting and Pasting through Loss, Detritus, and Forced Isolation During COVID-19. Gastronomica 1 August 2021; 21 (3): 81–87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2021.21.3.81 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search When the pandemic began in January 2020, my husband (a doctor) insisted on seemingly drastic steps to ensure our health: groceries delivered to our doorstep, compulsive virus tracking, masking, sanitizing, and social distancing. We implemented our own shelter-in-place regime weeks before it was suggested or mandated by any government health official. As an artist, I experienced mixed emotions about having to stay home. In those first few weeks, the lockdown felt like an extended artist’s retreat: a chance to play and explore new techniques and media. But with galleries shuttered and art fairs canceled, the audience for my food-themed jewelry dwindled, as did the creative spark to build new inventory. Instead, I began doom-scrolling the news on social media, and the pervasive dread descending on the world seeped into me. I learned of friends and family whose parents were dying, yet the pandemic kept anyone from traveling to bedsides or... You do not currently have access to this content.