A big part of how the pandemic affected me was losing a part of my community because I couldn't see my friends in person. I found that the best way I could reach out was by inviting them to write "6-word stories" on my personal blog about how Covid affected their lives in BC, Canada.
I created a visual story album that captured people's photographs, artwork, graffiti, personal 6-word stories, 6-word news glimpses, and community snapshots to document these uncertain times.
We created the blog project together and rediscovered our community through writing about the pandemic. My writing flourished from there with blogging and then when I discovered Medium last fall, I found a new writing community and got hooked. I've been writing almost every day since then.
