Leslie Atkins. June 24, 2020. Seattle, Washington, USA.
Under stay-at-home lockdown, anxious and distracted, I sorted out junk-boxes and recycling. Then… I began eyeing the interesting paper in the recycling bin. Messing around with this flotsam and jetsam led to a collage series utilizing tissue paper, words, house-paint, coffee-filters, and old cotton thread. In this self-portrait, a thin layer of tissue barely covers my scrambled worries.