Margaret Notar

2020 Vision: Not So 'Normal' After All

In the fall of 2020, Prime Minister Trudeau was quoted as saying that Canada was “at a crossroads” in the COVID-19 pandemic. This year has repeatedly exposed us to language that has indeed been unprecedented. The country may be at a crossroads, but as individuals, we are, too. My obsessive need to regularly check the charts tracking the rise of the pandemic has somewhat subsided (though you see it reflected in this quilt). I’m reminded that if we acknowledge the dark side of the news, yet choose to look beneath, we can focus on a visionary tool for coping: resilience.