Portal or Hole

<p>An epoch can only be recorded by the artists of that time the artists who have lived through it. Each age must have its own artists to express it and to record it for the future.</p><p><br></p><p>Portal or Hole: Meditation on Art Religion Race and the Pandemic by Pamela M. Connell began as an exploration of the art of self-portrait and evolved to consideration of popular psychology particularly personality types and tendencies such as introversion introspection and self-centeredness. Ultimately during months of pandemic isolation the final chapter emerged as a diaristic chronicle of life during coronavirus primarily in two midwestern cities Peoria and Des Moines.</p><p><br></p><p>In Portal or Hole the candor of the writing the poignancy of the story and the author's narrative- style pictures will hook the reader. Pamela highlights her perceptions of the introvert life experience lockdown and coronavirus; also observations about the 2020 political campaign culture wars climate change systemic racial injustice and disability (her mother's dementia). Arm-chair psychologists artists introverts extroverts (or anyone who falls anywhere on the Myers-Briggs bell-shaped curve) human rights activists politicians lawyers suburban housewives those interested in the decline of church attendance in modern-day America and the concomitant interest in spirituality will all be drawn to this timely original book.</p>