The coronavirus has taken over the world, including that of online ceramics. My mailbox is overflowing with cancellations. In the US, the international ceramics festival NCECA has been cancelled, many museums in Europe are closed and cultural life has also been paused in my neck of the woods, the Netherlands.

I find it a strange sensation, when I wake up I hear the birds singing in the garden. The dunnock  is whistling at the top of his lungs until he is chased away by a screaming robin. The blackbird does not bother and  cheerfully sings uninterrupted on top of my roof. Spring has begun!

But the streets are quiet, the shelves empty in the supermarket. I notice that it also influenced my work ethics.. and not in a good way.

How do you break from this negative spiral? Just go back to work and follow transgalactic advice!

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