During the COVID19 pandemic of 2020 I was in a situation where because of circumstances I don't want to go into this
publicly I was temporarily left with only part time access to electricity. Keeping my phone going full time was
nearly impossible and because of medical issues this was actually dangerous for me. Lets say I went looking for an
outlet, rarely if ever did I find one with a place to sit down and pull out my laptop nearby. With the battery
being basically unable to charge until I can replace it I am in effect relying full on having an outlet and
using my power cord.
So during all this I by all rights shouldn't have been able to draw, much less the
pictures I did draw because they take longer than some of the
other styles I enjoy doing. I shouldn't have been able to write the HTML code for
espdigiart.com or find a way to upload anything onto the internet.
All these obstacles were moved out of my way right before I wrote this article, and I honestly am
not entirely sure how I managed to do it. Some would say it was a miracle, and I'm not
sure a person can go through this while believing in any kind of deity and not assume it wasn't.
Despite having no reason to believe I it was possible that I could avoid exposure to and ironically no
fear of the COVID19 virus itself I was at one point having anxiety attacks not about the virus
but instead from wondering how I was going to keep doing this because the thought of having my
artwork be another victim of the pandemic was to much.
Just the opposite happened and somehow that is almost beyond me consistently I managed to end
up in situations and places right when I was ready to draw, code, or upload something that felt
like there was something (and I don't mean me) refusing to take no for an answer. When I sat
down to draw I decided to invite on Jesus Christ to draw with me and at one point I started
to get the impression he wasn't just co-creating with me. I ended up using more drawing
techniques that were new to me in that month that I have in any month prior that I can recall during the
entire time I have running espdigiart.com and then a few years,
ended up creating types of imagery that I had never thought in my entire life would be possible for
me personally to create (not all of which will necessarily ever be published) and was more than
slightly surprised at his timing.
Among them is Metamorphic Astral Winds and another is
Animalistic Solar Formation both of which are images if anyone
had told me about 5 minutes before I would draw them, much less during a pandemic that by all rights should have made it
impossible for me to draw at all would have prompted me to call that person crazy, and they aren't alone.
Metamorphic Astral Winds because butterflies
while obviously beautiful are far from my favorite animal, and
Animalistic Solar Formation because I never
expected to be able to draw in that style that successfully. If all goes well both will have sets products
in my shop.
I have heard that a lot of people have been complaining of boredom in the middle of the COVID pandemic so much
so that boredom may well have become a pandemic in it's own right. Creativity is the among the best remedies
I know for boredom, and economic problems. So I am challenging anyone who reads this article during the COVID19
pandemic of 2020 and anyone who reads this in any situation where they are in some kind of quarantine in the
future to in that time do something creative, particularly if you haven't already.
I'm not just talking about sit down and draw a picture, starting there is great
and please do. I mean that big creative project thing you have always dreamed of doing, and taking to market but
have never had time for or been fearful of doing time do it.
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