MUSINGS

Drawings from the “Great Pause”

Musings grew out of a daily drawing practice Nancy Schwartz-Katz began during Covid as a way to stay connected to the world beyond her home. Working primarily from life, she recorded the people, places, and moments that made up everyday existence during a time of separation. Schwartz-Katz would meet friends at a distance, see family gathered in small groups, spend quiet mornings in coffee shops, and take walks through familiar neighborhoods. She travelled under strange new rules shown here in her fleeting encounters on trains, planes, and sidewalks. The drawings move between faces, childhood, travel, work, and stillness, revealing how routine, observation, and human connection became anchors during uncertainty. Together, the drawings honor the small, often overlooked moments that sustained human connection, an accumulation of presence, and quiet resilience during a time when simply noticing the world felt essential.