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Collected Item: “New Hobby Discovered”

Give your story a title.

New Hobby Discovered

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Paintings, Acrylic

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

My name is Annie Nguyen and during quarantine, I have discovered my love for painting. I soon developed a talent for painting over the months and I curated this skill using the hours freed up by the pandemic. Locked indoors, I had nothing but free time. With free time to spend, I devoted all that time to painting characters from anime series and beloved movies. At first, I would display these painting on my bed mantle. However, I would soon run out of room as I painted more! Then I thought of the genius idea to assemble them as a collage on the side of my dresser. Now as I look at these painting, I am reminded of the positive of this pandemic.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#APUSH, #GardenGroveHighSchool

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Annie Nguyen

Give this story a date.

2020
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