<![CDATA[BRIGID VIDLER - SKETCHES FROM ISOLATION COVID -19]]>

<![CDATA[BRIGID VIDLER - SKETCHES FROM ISOLATION COVID -19]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:29:55 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[13 May Come Out Come Out It's safe]]>Mon, 18 May 2020 14:58:27 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/13-may-come-out-come-out-its-safe

I just think that the motivation behind 'opening the housing market,' and easing restrictions is not only selfish, but is dangerous.

]]><![CDATA[11 MAY Masks and night thoughts meandering]]>Mon, 11 May 2020 10:36:29 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/11-may-masks-and-night-thoughts-meandering

I was having one of those long meandering thinks last night. I was thinking about masks (surgical and otherwise) and isn’t it great how people adapt, make their own and that local industry is getting a go.

It also got me thinking about the textile industry in places like India which have been unceremoniously dumped by (fast and no so fast) fashion and the lockdown. Do we have a moral/social obligation to continue buying from these places if they adapt, and rather than filling racks at Primark, start producing masks (possibly still for Primark). I am inclined to think we do, particularly when they are only getting limited help from their governments.

I read an article which said that big shifts in fashion historically haven’t come from the runway but rather seismic events like war, industrialisation... and pandemics. ‘The effects ripple through the supply chains, the economy, social behaviour and daily life, often accelerating and normalising changes already underway.’ Vicas Chachra
Hopefully this means consumers being more aware of where products are from, how sustainable they are and how (and if) they are disposed. 💚🌍🌳🌏🌱🌍🌿

The last stop on my mind meander was finding companies who are making masks with clear panels to facilitate lip reading. 👏👏👏 I also think it would help humanise a doctor for a patient who cannot touch another human when seriously ill.

]]><![CDATA[8 May Hello Darkness My Old Friend]]>Fri, 08 May 2020 14:51:00 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/8-may-hello-darkness-my-old-friend

I drew and wrote this straight after a coffee.

'So this is what ambivalence feels like. Very excited to have a take away coffee for the first time in over a month. But feeling bad about using a take away cup for the first time in ages. But feeling good that I am not infecting the barista. But feeling bad that I'm spending money on something frivolous while on benefits (don't tell the Tories). But feeling good that I'm supporting local business. '

Clearly coffee from a shop is WAY stronger than the stuff I make at home.

]]><![CDATA[7 May It's Time]]>Fri, 08 May 2020 14:44:35 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/7-may-its-time

This started as a rough sketch of ideas for a drawing for a kid..... then I realised...

]]><![CDATA[6 May Looking back to look forward]]>Fri, 08 May 2020 14:38:25 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/6-may-looking-back-to-look-forward

What are the best solutions to go forward? Something a little more environmentally friendly? Does the past hold some of these solutions?... Or just an excuse to draw an animal with clothes on?

]]><![CDATA[4 May Hermit Crab and Anemones]]>Tue, 05 May 2020 09:27:04 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/4-may-hermit-crab-and-anemones

All dressed up and nowhere to go?

I'll give you a ride if you protect me from Octopus! What a deal. Mutualism at it finest and looking its finest. I think that it is all about the Crab's penchant for fabulous. outfits.

I'm enjoying bathing in the golden sunset light in my room. These long summer days.....

]]><![CDATA[2 May April Fools?]]>Tue, 05 May 2020 09:20:04 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/2-may-april-fools

]]><![CDATA[30 April Are the Goby and the Pistol Shrimp in Iso together?]]>Fri, 01 May 2020 15:07:30 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/430-are-the-goby-and-the-pistol-shrimp-in-iso-together

Mutualism

]]><![CDATA[29 April London Hourglass]]>Fri, 01 May 2020 15:04:58 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/429-london-hourglass

A very rough sketch for a rough idea. London falling through the looking glass to the infinite abyss of the sky.

]]><![CDATA[21 April PPEeeeep]]>Fri, 01 May 2020 14:59:52 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/421-ppeeeeep

As the debates are raging around PPE I find it alarming to see gutters filled with gloves.

]]><![CDATA[24 April Looking for the food monkeys]]>Fri, 01 May 2020 14:55:55 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/424-looking-for-the-food-monkeys

Poor Ibis. From elegant wetland bird to bin chicken. I'm wondering where they are getting their food while no one is in the city?

]]><![CDATA[23 April Quandary]]>Fri, 01 May 2020 14:28:00 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/423-quandary

Rough sketch but the idea got me thinking. It feels like Hitchcock's response to social distancing.

]]><![CDATA[22 April ISO Slump.....]]>Fri, 01 May 2020 14:19:01 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/422-iso-slump

]]><![CDATA[17 April Where did all the people go?]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 12:36:47 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/17-april-where-did-all-the-people-go

]]><![CDATA[12 April Exponential growth is a lung]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:14:03 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/12-march-exponential-growth-is-a-lung

I think that this justifies a re-draw. As someone with Asthma I have thought a lot about the formation of lungs. repetitive drawing is sometimes like a meditation for me. I wasn't sure where this was going at first but it quickly revealed itself.

Still writing March instead of April.

]]><![CDATA[11 April R-Naught Number alternative]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:11:59 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/11-april-r-naught-number-alternative

Drinking coffee in the early morning light I am dreaming of alternate realities.

I also just realised that I have regressed to March.... This was drawn on April 11.

]]><![CDATA[10 April Oh Pangolin]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:09:27 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/10-april-oh-pangolin

First you were known for being the most trafficked animal on the planet. Now you are blamed for spreading COVID-19. Sorry. It's not you, It's us.

]]><![CDATA[5 April Readiness]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:08:09 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/5-april-readiness

This is the race

]]><![CDATA[2 April Heinzight]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:05:06 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/2-april-heinzight6534902

Heinzight or creeping determinism... I'm listening to an economics podcast

]]><![CDATA[1 April Decisions]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:02:44 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/1-april-decisions

Sometimes it is the little things which inform the big decisions.

]]><![CDATA[6 April Vegemite woodblock cut]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:58 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/6-april-vegemite-woodblock-cut

I usually think about things like reversing text for a print. Rookie mistake. I guess I'll never make that mistake again....

]]><![CDATA[3 April Two Cans - hello neighbour]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:57:37 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/3-april-two-cans-hello-neighbour

Listening to all the people chipping in through innovation. I am in awe of the people using their skills to help, 3D printing valves for ventilators. Amazing.
This is the most useful thing that I could think of.

]]><![CDATA[29 March Exponential Weave]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:55:25 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/29-march-exponential-weave

]]><![CDATA[28 March How is your cocoon?]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:53:14 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/27-march-how-is-your-cocoon

]]><![CDATA[March 27 16 983 000m of Social Distancing]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:49:07 GMThttps://www.brigidvidler.com/sketches-from-isolation-covid--19/april-15th-2020

Questioning life choices is natural when the world is in a state of upheaval. The people closest to me are the furthest from me.

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