The Covid-19 pandemic touched all of us in profound ways. Many of us lost family or friends, and all of us endured the isolation necessary to protect ourselves and our communities. When Monica Moore invited me to contribute to the Hearts Project, aimed at honoring the lives lost to Covid in Arkansas, I knew it was something I wanted to be part of. The simple, physical act of cutting the hearts made me feel connected to those so tragically affected by this disease. It also transformed the overwhelming statistics of Covid deaths—numbers I felt somewhat desensitized to after hearing them so often at the height of the pandemic—into the stories of real individuals. This project not only memorializes those who were lost, but the labor behind this project also, for me, sparked the connection that the pandemic stripped from all of us.
Sabrina Jones
