Arts North

This seems to be a new reality. At least for the immediate future. Social distancing and self-isolation are new terms in the Canadian, hell, the global lexicon. What does it mean to be an artist during these times? Does your creative ritual change? Does the process change? For whom do you now create, and do you find you are creating different things? These are a few questions I put to my creative friends. Creatives of all types. I was pleasantly surprised bu the responses I received. Some answered immediately and some took time to process my questions. Regardless of the time each took to answer, all of the responses I received were thoughtful and thought-provoking. Edits will appear as new creatives add to the post Has your process changed? Al Rempel - poet; "I write poems. Like a lot of artists, I create in isolation, so this aspect of my artistic life hasn’t changed, but art is meant to be shared and this is where the current situation is effecting my w