Life Is A Paper Theatre - And Other Ways To Make Sense Of Crazy Times
Liz Ryan finds stuff to do and things to watch during Lockdown3
“Does anybody remember laughter?” sang Robert Plant on Stairway To Heaven. There have been points this week when I haven’t known whether to laugh or cry. In the past few days I’ve had two migraines, and then my ancient, beloved Vauxhall Agila finally gave up the ghost.
I hurriedly bought her replacement through a queasy post-migraine miasma, with less research than I’d normally do if I changed my eye cream. Ouch! It certainly leached all the fun and excitement from buying a new(ish) car.
But there’s always art, and art makes life bearable. So on we go.
I’ll start with a fabulous resource for children:
The #ToyLikeMe charity, which campaigns to have children with disabilities represented in the toy industry, has created My Little Lockdown Life, a downloadable paper theatre in a box. Created by Kate Read and Rebecca Atkinson, it contains paper cut-outs that children of all abilities can use to process and make sense of our rather mystifying times. The charity had…