During my family’s fourth dinner inisolation在我们的郊区厨房双周日晚上前，我告诉我的丈夫和所有的朋友们作出，而第一个周末做了，而他们呆在家里的东西两个少年。一个朋友出炉了美丽challah的for the first time in her life, another made some very cool beaded jewelry, another organized a closet in a way I had never seen before, and even I managed to make major progress on knitting a scarf I had long since forgotten about.
My husband remarked with confidence, “There will be a creative renaissance to come out of all of this time in isolation.” I nodded in agreement.
由于我们的谈话中，我一直在想了很多关于这句话。Acreative renaissance, huh?我可以看到它在我自己的作家和书籍的世界发生的事情：我已经说过了writer friendswho are hunkering down in hopes of at long last writing the next great American novel or digging deep to tackle the memoir that they weren’t sure they could ever find the time or space in their heads to work though. A few have already written some pretty amazing essays and articles while at home during the quarantine. And, for those friends whose book launches and tours have come to a halt by social distancing, I’ve witnessed virtual book events come to life in a way I once never thought possible.
In the midst of the unsettling, unknown, and unprecedented days, weeks, months — and, well, let’s face it, who really knows how much more time ahead? — there is so much bad news. From therising infection rateCOVID-19即将举行的总统选举的不确定性，有这么多负面的东西对perseverate上。
然而，作为一个乐观主义者/出生-ON-A-晴天那种清纯的样貌，我要扶住好东西，对我来说，这是这个概念创意复兴。这在某种程度上，是什么让我通过这个现在。
And so, I did some research. Shakespeare wrote李尔王soon after the turn of the 17th世纪,在佤邦ve of plagues throughout London. In 1665, when the Bubonic plague struck England and Cambridge University closed, Isaac Newton went home from university and then discovered calculus. And don’t forget that the actual Italian Renaissance began to take shape in the 14thcentury, after the Middle Ages when the Black Death (a global epidemic) struck Europe.
是的，这些都是世界级的例子。但是，尽管如此，我们可以问自己，我们可以写/制作/制作/发现/变更/时弄不清冠状病毒大流行? The options seem limitless. For example, I have a friend who works for a large company, and he has always wanted to learn about graphic design (which is not his field at all). During his isolated evenings, he is taking online courses about how to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and he hopes to get a portfolio of design work together. Perhaps he will design the next Nike Swoosh or Amazon Smile? Launch a graphic design firm? Hire more designers looking for work in the wake of the economic devastation the world now faces?
I’ve seen so manyyogaand other exercise studios offer livestream videos of amazing previous in studio classes. I’ve tried a couple and so have several of my friends. We have had to get creative at home in taking these classes. I used one of my husband’s ties in lieu of a yoga strap and my son’s partially deflated basketball as a yoga block. They worked! As I watch some of my favorite local studio瑜伽教练流出来，通过我的iPad在我的地下室，我不知道，也许他们将获得一个新的，更大的观众，因为他们散布在全国各地的技能和能力？
I wonder if theat-home challah（或蛋糕，饼干，布朗尼）面包会带给她对待了她的社区规模较大，开辟面包房，她一直想，也许，也许从来没有现在判决。就个人而言，我想几乎托管如何让我的“著名”的巧克力饼干，这已成为很多我当事人和书事件的主食烘烤类。我已经有感兴趣的几个人。
也许餐桌珠宝制造商将开始销售她在网上设计？也许有一天，她可以打开一个店面？即使把在国家层面上她的项目？如果他们像我的朋友自制设计的话，我一定会看一看。同上所有的织毛衣在那里了。
I’ve seen some pretty amazing dinners prepared withpantry staplesin the last few days. I never knew you could so much with rice and lentils, or canned tomatoes and pasta. I’m imagining a series of cookbooks being developed at someone’s kitchen table right now — “Weeknight Pantry Dinners?” or maybe “Cooking with Staples Only?”
And then there are the parents who are now working two-plus jobs every day. If they are lucky enough to work from home, they also find themselves becominghomeschool teachers- 这意味着他们正在创作一整天，每一天。
我看新闻，看报纸，听的podcastsa lot (maybe too much?) these days. I am saddened, scared, and worried about so many people getting sick, people dying, hospitals and healthcare workers trying to help others without having the resources or supplies they so desperately need. I see small businesses closing, employees getting laid off, and I wonder what all of this means for our near and distant futures.
But, still, this glass half full kind of girl has to see some positives here. I see this creative renaissance coming. I don’t know exactly when. I don’t know exactly how and I don’t know the scale of it But it’s here. That brings me hope right now and that is something.
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