As Walt Whitman said, we all certainly "contain multitudes." Truly, we are many things at once. It can be challenging, and likely impossible, to track at all times all of it. But just recognizing that the heart is a rich and complex territory can bring self-understanding and relief. What are some of the important and possibly contradictory things going on in your own heart right now?
[image description: A large heart with an astounded facial expression looks out at the viewer with mouth agape. Contained in the heart are the words, "noise," "disconnection," "connection," "joy," "beginnings," "anger," "exhaustion," "endings," "GRIEF," "confusion," "commitment," "love," and "sorrow," along with several shapes and symbols. Text reads: "All that is happening in your heart right now is important. 6 JULY 2020"]
Throughout the pandemic, I have posted messages on my Facebook wall that I needed to hear myself or that I imagined others may be needing to hear. Again and again, these messages spurred collective online processing of a range of challenges and lows and bright spots of living through the pandemic. This series of cartoons is intended to reflect on and illustrate some of the process of dealing with life by leaning into the intersection of technology and community. |
[image description: Screenshot of a Facebook status that reads: "All that is happening in your heart right now is important."]
#MindfulHearts retrospective.
On this day 2020.
On this day 2019.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
On this day 2020.
On this day 2019.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.