Crafting a COVID Visualization: How I Processed Pandemic Anxiety and Grief with Yarn, Nightingale

I spent December 2020 recovering from COVID. I got sick via an outbreak at my children’s daycare during the third U.S. COVID wave that overwhelmed my hometown of Los Angeles and strained the capacity of our local healthcare system. It was a rough month, made worse by the overall lack of an adequate national public health response. I am a scientist by training and a professional librarian, so I knew there was good guidance coming from the scientific community – guidance that could save lives – but it wasn’t being followed. In short, I was both sick and frustrated. In response to my frustration, I turned to crafting and visualization.