In early 2020 COVID-19 hit us like pins in a bowling alley. Except for social media, our ability to interact with others outside of our immediate household immediately stopped. We waited each day for the next shoe to drop, and then John Prine succumbed to the virus.

I have been a fan of his music since his first album release. After his death, I was stuck trying to figure out how to cope with the fact that there would be no more John Prine songs. I took the lyrics from his song “Hello in There,” digitally placed them in a 12”x12” page (the size of a 33 RPM album), and then drew an image inspired by the lyrics on top. It gave me a sense of closure. I followed this up with Leonard Cohen’s “The Ballad of an Absent Mare.”

While we were still sequestered in our homes, I began posting a new song from my library each week. The result is a collection of images I titled “See What I Hear.” “Bird On the Wire” a song by Leonard Cohen is part of this collection.

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