While drifting through the latest Science News I stumbled upon a reference to a book called The Shape of Things Unseen: A new science of imagination, by neurologist Adam Zeman. So I drifted over and found a nifty quote by Zeman, “Science uses imagination to show us, so far as possible, how things really are; art, just as importantly, to show us how they feel.”
That got me floating back into those time passages until I washed up on the shores of the winter of 2020. Covid was a major topic of conversation and concern. A myriad of theories floated around from all levels society, ranging from "It's like the flu, it will pass." to "It's an attack from China!" Pro-mask and anti-mask debates broke out in morning coffee shops and around dining room tables. Nobody really knew what was going on.
So I, despite being ignorant of Zeman's insight, took to my drawing table, to describe this weird new invader. Here is what came out (Please pardon the poor quality of these very old images):
First, the entity itself that I called "Covinoperegrinus."
And then four "faces of the disease." They don't have names, just numbers.
That I imagined gathered around the dining room table, discussing infection strategies.
So, to use Zeman's nomenclature, this is art showing me how science feels!
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